The Big Sleep (1946)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:40
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and THE BIG SLEEP set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to... [More]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely
Director: Howard Hawks
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Reviews for The Big Sleep
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If anyone ever tries to make the argument that plot is more important than anything else in cinema, this is a great movie to throw in their face. Full Review |
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The direction, cinematography, screenplay, brooding score and acting in this movie are all without fault. If you see one film noir movie in your life, make it this one. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Bogart as Marlowe is compelling in this classic thriller that is complex but triumph of atmospheric cool. Full Review |
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Brittle Chandler characters have been transferred to the screen with punch by Howard Hawks' production and direction, providing full load of rough, tense action most of the way. Full Review |
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What you remember here are moments. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Tribes of monkeys doing monkey things, albeit things related to the perforation of the flesh: murder and blood and sweat and sex. Full Review |
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5/5 |
True classic Bogie and Bacall, even though plot is way out puzzling in many ways.
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One of the most intriguing, energetic and playful film noirs ever. Full Review |
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One of the finest mainstream noir-thrillers ever made. Full Review |
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It matters not that even the writers (including William Faulkner) weren't sure who shot whom in Hawks' rousing adaptation of the Raymond Chandler detective novel. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
There's little else I can add about this proto-noir, one of the archetypes of the genre and a showstopper for Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, who spar through a catty romance while dancing through a taut mystery. Full Review |
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Wide awake amid the smoke and mirrors. Full Review |
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A trama extremamente complexa é uma mera desculpa para os diálogos perfeitos e para a presença sempre intensa de Bogart.
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