Every scene in the movie is good.
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:79
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.6/10
Consensus: Taut pacing, brilliantly dense writing and Oscar-worthy acting combine to produce a smart, popcorn-friendly thrill ride.
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Curtis Hanson captures the duality of 1950s Los Angeles in this striking film noir adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. The City of Angels might be sunny, inviting, and glamorous to the... [More]
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Reviews for L.A. Confidential
Take strong performances, an involved story and period atmosphere, then throw in sex, violence, corruption and politics to make one hell of a crime drama.
01/01/00
In doing away with manners, Hanson's hardboiled detective stories craft a more hard-hitting picture of the time than any filmmaker who worked in the 1950s could have dreamed
08/19/05
Kudos to director Curtis Hanson and co-screenwriter Brian Helgeland for whipping James Ellroy's seminal novel of 1950s Los Angeles police corruption and noir sexuality into recognizable shape for this distinguished film adaptation.
01/01/00
Director Curtis Hanson's elegant film is faithful to Ellroy's multi-layered and labyrinthine book, requiring some concentration to keep up with the subtle plot twists and coded dialogue.
04/17/01
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03/24/02
If the critics overrate this one, it's only because it looks so damned good in contrast to the rest of what's out there.
01/01/00
Taut, atmospheric, acted with confident ease -- this is one of the greatest American movies of the 1990s.
04/09/08
This movie restores genre elements to a level of potency that's disturbing, satisfying, and rare as hell.
04/09/08
Top CriticL.A. Confidential is immersed in the atmosphere and lore of film noir, but it doesn't seem like a period picture--it believes its noir values and isn't just using them for decoration.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's dark stuff, all right. But it's good dark.
10/15/02
A neo-noir masterpiece in the league of "Double Indemnity"...
09/26/08
Pode parecer impossível, mas ainda se pode fazer um ótimo filme noir hoje em dia.
05/31/02
All of the characters are finely detailed and fascinating. Crowe and Pearce give exceptionally good performances. Their vibrant portrayals bring immediacy to their characters and actions.
01/01/00
There's something of The Big Sleep in director Curtis Hanson's unfashionably pre-postmodern tour de force of early-'50s atmosphere, tight plotting, snappy dialogue, and sharply edited action--you know, all those quaint virtues from the old noirs.
01/01/00
You could call it a huge epic, but it's also a scrappy movie, full of energy as well as style.
05/26/06
Intricate in design, bold in execution, and rife with thrilling acting especially by Russell Crowe as a tough cop with a complex code of morality, L.A. Confidential scores as one of the great police dramas of our time.
01/01/00
This police corruption thriller, based on a James Ellroy novel, drags in places and ultimately fails in its film noir genre, but it's tops in art direction and photography.
06/22/04
Writer-director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy novel wasn't merely one of the two or three greatest movies of the 1990s; it stands as a masterpiece for the ages.
11/26/08
The script has the type of deft plotting that made films like The Crying Game and The Usual Suspects so popular.
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