"The Thin Blue Lie" is an ordinary docudrama which tells of investigative reporter Jonathan Neumann (Morrow) who moves to Philadelphia in 1976 and sets about writing a series of Pulitzer winning articles about police abuses of authority under mayor Frank Rizzo (Sorvino). This formula flick has the simplistic look and feel of a made-for-tv production with an obvious no-brainer telling of a true story. On the upside it offers some good performances by Morrow, Quaid, and Sorvino. On the down side it's an obvious and predictable pitting of liberal against conservative forces which focuses on the age old and trite rationalization that it's okay to breach individual human rights for a greater good. An mediocre product for channel surfers.
Review of The Thin Blue Lie
