Jon Bernthal in 'Dog Day Afternoon.' Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment In his review for The New York Times, the critic Vincent Canby wrote of Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, "If you can let yourself laugh at desperation that has turned seriously lunatic, the film is funny, but mostly it's reportorially efficient and vivid, in the understated way of news writ...