City of Hope

1991 - ENGLISH - MOVIE

Crime Drama

City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the.. City of Hope is a 1991 American English-language Crime Drama movie starring Vincent Spano, Tony Lo Bianco, Joe Morton, Todd Graff, David Strathairn, Anthony John Denison and Lare Roberts. Esperanza Films in association with The Samuel Goldwyn Company. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Harold Welb and John Sloss. The movie is written and directed by John Sayles. Esperanza Films acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. City of Hope was released on 15th November 1991 and takes a screen time of 129 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. City of Hope was made on a budget of $3 million and at the box office it grossed only $1 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by John Sayles. Cinematography was done by Robert Richardson and editing by John Sayles. The music was composed by Mason Daring.
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remarkable contemporary forceful relentless
  • Jini Score
    9.1/10
  • Critics Score
    70%
  • Rating
    7.3/10
  • Jini Score
    9.1%
  • Critics Score
    70
  • Rating
    7.3
negative

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Release Date15 NOV 1991
Budget$ 3 MILLION
Language

English

Genre

Crime , Drama

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City of Hope Reviews and Ratings

Average Review Rating : positive

82.14%

Positive Review Rating : 70%

70%
    • Here, his writing and directing are so forceful, so pungent and alive, that its easy to enjoy the film simply as an ingeniously controlled narrative machine.At the same time, City of Hope has a scraped from the headlines urgency that has all but disappeared from American movies. ( Read More )
    • Roger Ebert

      The movie is not simply story driven, or only concerned with the politics and plotting of its characters. ( Read More )
    • Kathleen Maher

      City of Hope may be a little relentless on its way to the punchline it makes us earn it but it gives us something to take home with us: hope. ( Read More )
    • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

      Writer and director John Sayles takes a long, hard look at the rhythms of anger, frustration, idealism, and hope which pulse through a contemporary working class city. ( Read More )
    • Dennis Schwartz

      The film offers observations and not answers.I found the romance between Spano and Williams to be very believable and moving. ( Read More )
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