Should you watch Dog Day Afternoon?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Dog Day Afternoon
Film · 1975
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
The sides of Dog Day Afternoon
- A Brooklyn bank robbery gone wrong
- A hostage standoff watched by a crowd
- Al Pacino shouting Attica
Dog Day Afternoon is good for you if…
- you like Al Pacino as a desperate, talkative robber.
- you like a film drawn from a real robbery in 1970s Brooklyn.
- you like a standoff that stretches through one hot afternoon.
Dog Day Afternoon is bad for you if…
- you find 1970s films dated.
- you want a heist with chases and gunfights.
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