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Mulholland Falls (1996)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 20

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3

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Movie Info

Four men just barely on the right side of the law step into a web of danger and corruption in this drama. In the early 1950s, Max Hoover (Nick Nolte) is a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department who leads what's been dubbed "the hat squad," a group of sharp-dressed cops who are ordered to stamp out organized crime using any means necessary, with legality and delicacy not much of an issue. Hoover and his partners Ellery Coolidge (Chazz Palminteri), Eddie Hall (Michael Madsen), and Arthur

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Lee Tamahori

In Theaters: Apr 26, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Nov 2, 2004

MGM Home Entertainment

Mulholland Falls Trailer & Photos

Cast

Nick Nolte
Max Hoover
Melanie Griffith
Katherine Hoover
Chazz Palminteri
Ellery Coolidge
Michael Madsen
Eddie Hall
Chris Penn
Arthur Relyea
Treat Williams
Colonel Nathan Fitzgera...
Daniel Baldwin
FBI Special Agent McCaf...
Price Carson
Honour Guard
Kyle Chandler
Captain
Alisa Christensen
Spaghetti Girl
Mindy Clarke
Cigarette girl
Jennifer Connelly
Allison Pond
Bruce Dern
The Chief
Brad Hunt
Guard
Rick Johnson
Staff Car Sergeant
Ed Lauter
Earl
Ernie Lively
Foreman
Rob Lowe
Hoodlum
John Malkovich
Gen. Thomas Timms
Andrew McCarthy
Jimmy Fields
Aaron Neville
Night Spot Singer
William L. Petersen
Mafia Mobster
Drew Pillsbury
Chief's Assistant
Titus Welliver
Kenny Kamins
Buddy Joe Hooker
DC-3 Pilot
Richard Sylbert
Coroner
Michael Krawic
Assistant Coroner
Melinda Clarke
Cigarette Girl
Robert Peters
1st Cop
Larry Garrison
Perino's Maître D', Pe...
Britt Burr
Staff Car Driver
Eddie Caicedo
Gasping Patient
Azalea Davila
Perino's Girl
Chelsea Harrington
Lolita
Johnna Johnson
Bar Woman
Sky Solari
Perino's Girl
Father William M. Thigpen
Priest

Critic Reviews for Mulholland Falls

All Critics (45) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (20) | DVD (10)

Connelly, Melanie Griffith and Bruce Dern all fare well in a predominantly misused cast, but the tone of this talkfest is dreary.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mike Clark

USA Today

Top Critic

An imperfect but still entertaining neo-noir mystery.

July 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

...a watchable endeavor that's nevertheless a marked disappointment...

July 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

How could it miss? Let me count the ways.

August 25, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

An uneven mystery-thriller that suffers from a plot that wanders in too many directions and an overabundance of underdeveloped characters.

October 9, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

A great cast helps this wandering modern noir a whole heck of a lot.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

After watching Lee Tamahori's failed, cameo-studded attempt at neo-noir, one can only wonder how it attracted such an interesting array of talent.

January 7, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

It didn't make any sense, but it was great!

August 6, 2003 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Standard mystery, not nearly enough for Jennifer Connolly to do.

July 14, 2003 Comment (1)

Fred Topel

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This movie needed more Jennifer Connelly, and it needed to be in black and white. I'm sorry, but noir never really works for me unless it's steeped in shadows and a colorless world. That's just what I've been conditioned to expect from a good noir movie. If Mulholland Falls would have been set in the modern day, I

December 2, 2009

Lewis C.

Super Reviewer

An interesting attempt at neo-noir but it quickly loses its grip on the audience. Shame really because the cast is really good! It really should have been better!

September 29, 2009

Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

Mulholland Falls Quotes

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1. Max Hoover: He said the cornerstone of civilization was human sacrifice.
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