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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaArizona RepublicRandy CordovaDeCubellis sets up a satisfying, stylish mystery, populated by striking characters and situations.
- 75The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanThe A.V. ClubAdam NaymanLuckily, Brody is a resourceful enough actor to make Porter a credible protagonist despite the mechanical nature of both his motivation and the plot around him.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczNew York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczWriter and director Brian DeCubellis bathes the screen in dark shadows and provides fluid pacing. If you like your entertainment pulpy — and don’t mind swallowing cliches along the way — this “Night” is worth a look.
- 50Washington PostPat PaduaWashington PostPat PaduaManhattan Night gets by on the strength of its visuals and a few vivid central performances, but by the time we find out whodunit, it doesn’t really matter.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartToo bad the film around Brody is fairly by-the-numbers, with a mean-spirited kicker that doesn’t imbue much originality to its imperiled-female plotline.
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayIt’s not a great movie but a welcome one, if only for how it attempts to revive a whole genre.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerBrody does his sturdiest work in years as the morally compromised Porter, and Strahovski makes for a fittingly seductive temptress with ambiguous motives. Manhattan Night's pedestrian style and affected atmosphere, however, make it a routine descent into the black heart of a city and its shady inhabitants.
- 33IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandDespite being rife with crime, sex and darkness, Manhattan Night feels increasingly like a cheap ripoff of the genre it so very much wants to fit into.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenUnlike the juicy, overripe prose in the novel from which it was adapted, Mr. DeCubellis’s screenplay is utterly lacking in style. Mr. Brody captures his character’s attitude, but the colorless screenplay robs the character of literary imagination.