Fresh
Q & A is testimony to the validity of the old adage: a good story, when well told, can never be told too many times.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Q & A
When the questions are dangerous, the answers can be deadly.
1990 · 2h 12m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Overview
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Director and cast
- Sidney Lumet Director
- Nick Nolte as Captain Michael Brennan
- Timothy Hutton as Asst. Dist. Atty. Aloysius 'Al' Francis Reilly
- Armand Assante as Roberto 'Bobby Tex' Texador
- Luis Guzmán as Det. Luis Valentin (as Luis Guzman)
- Charles S. Dutton as Det. Sam 'Chappie' Chapman (Homicide) (as Charles Dutton)
- Patrick O'Neal as Kevin Quinn (Chief of Homicide)
- Lee Richardson as Leo Bloomenfeld
- Jenny Lumet as Nancy Bosch / Mrs. Bobby Texador
- Paul Calderon as Roger Montalvo
- International Chrysis as José Malpica
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While this tough, fundamentally sound New York thriller has its moments, it's no Prince of the City.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
''Q and A'' is most memorable for its performances, beginning with Mr. Nolte's.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Unfortunately, Lumet isn't the brawny social commentator he would like to be -- he's a Jimmy Breslin manque'.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
Q&A is a major film by one of our finest mainstream directors. As both a portrait of modern-day corruption and an act of sheer storytelling bravura, it is not to be missed.
Entertainment Weekly
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