S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+6
Entertainment
+5
Rewatchability
+4
CastFaye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden
StreamingDigital rental
S.W.’s Verdict
Sidney Lumet made a satire about television in 1976 that became a documentary about television by 2006. Peter Finch screams that he is mad as hell and the audience applauds, which is exactly the point the film is making about them. Every performance operates at a different frequency and Lumet makes them harmonize. Prophetic is an understatement.