Storyline
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.
Directors
Cast
Scarlett Johansson, Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Kevin Dunn, Aaron Eckhart, James Otis, Rose McGowan, Patrick Fischler, Pepe Serna, Gregg Henry, Brian De Palma, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Rachel Miner, John Kavanagh, Anthony Russell, Angus MacInnes, Troy Evans, Noel Arthur, Mia Kirshner, Jemima Rooper, William Finley, k.d. lang
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Reviews
70
The second half feels heavy and unfulfilled, potential greatness reduced to a good movie plagued with problems.
70
Village Voice
Although the action set pieces are impressive, the exposition is sluggish. For all the posh dollies, high angles, and Venetian-blind crisscross patterns, The Black Dahlia rarely achieves the rhapsodic (let alone the delirious).
67
Entertainment Weekly
The film is more than a little in love with the corruption it finds under the floorboards -- and that, of course, is perfectly dandy. I wouldn't trust a film noir that wasn't enthralled by decadence.
63
Premiere
You've got to give the guy (De Palma) some credit. He's made a bizarre, baffling and at times flat-out bad movie. But at least it's rarely boring.
60
Variety
"Chinatown" it ain't, not in any department. On its own level, however, new pic generates a reasonable degree of intrigue.
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