The Black Dahlia Reviews

Movie Reviews

• undercut by some lackluster performances and late-inning overripe melodrama

  by Todd McCarthy [Variety ]

• Not quite as good as the film made from another Ellroy novel

  by Meg Jones [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]

• more frustrating than it is intriguing, and more confused than it is mysterious

  by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]

• is nothing less than a shambolic, insomnia-busting bore

  by David Edwards [London Daily Mirror ]

• does not offer a satisfying whole

  by Pam Grady [Reel ]

• a major disappointment

  by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
• Reviewed by Keith Uhlich [Slant Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall ]
• Review rate : B- Reviewed by Michael Sragow [The Baltimore Sun ]
• Review rate : B- Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
• Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews ]
• Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
• Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]
• Reviewed by Carina Chocano [Los Angeles Times ]

Reader's Reviews

How many stars? 1 [Very Bad] 2 3 4 5 [Excellent]

   

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