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Sin City (2005)

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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 239
Fresh: 186 | Rotten: 53

Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent, Sin City brings the dark world of Frank Miller's graphic novel to vivid life.

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 10

Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent, Sin City brings the dark world of Frank Miller's graphic novel to vivid life.

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The Eisner Award-winning comic series Sin City comes to life in this live-action feature adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and creator Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, this violent crime noir paints the picture of the ultimate town without pity through the eyes of its roughest characters. There's the street thug Marv (Mickey Rourke), whose desperate quest to find the killer of a prostitute named Goldie (Jaime King) will lead him to the foulest

R, 2 hr. 6 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Robert Rodriguez , Frank Miller (II)

Written By: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

In Theaters: Apr 1, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Aug 16, 2005

Box Office:$74.0M

Dimension Films

A worthwhile piece of eye candy.

April 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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If Raymond Chandler and Daffy Duck could have produced a child, Sin City would be their baby.

May 12, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Ken Tucker

New York Magazine

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Can bring more pain than satisfaction.

May 21, 2005 Comment (1)

Anthony Lane

New Yorker

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In the end, I have to say I liked Sin City almost in spite of myself.

April 7, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

Robert Rodriguez is one audaciously talented man.

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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It's a hard, viciously funny little movie, one with all the subtlety of a billy club. But there's artistry here, too.

April 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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Sin City is a lot of things, but most of all, it's fun. It may not be for everyone, but everyone should see it once anyway, just to find out if it's for them.

March 30, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

This extremely violent movie is NOT for kids.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

On one hand, Robert Rodriguez drenches "Sin City" in his usual monsoon of ironic, macho macabre. On the other, do-gooder pride prove as dangerous as broads or bad guys, offering a thematically gray complement to arctic-white, inkblot-black visuals.

October 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com

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Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

My own trajectory while watching Sin City--excited, bored, offended...back to bored...roll credits

September 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

Sin City is the most accurate adaptation ever done of a comic book.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

Hot chicks, big guns, bad ass bruisers, what more could you ask for?

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

"Sin City" is a high contrast tour de force cinematic adaptation of Frank Miller's hugely popular and wickedly grotesque graphic novel homage to the hard-boiled style of Dashell Hammett and Mickey Spillane.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

A Ground-Breaking Piece of Film-Noir Fantasy.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

The folks at Miramax have gone all out for the Blu-ray release of Sin City.

April 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

...a gleaming pop revelation, a completely realized vision...

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Eager to blaze trails for desktop moviemaking, what did these artists do? Throw fuel on the fires of viewers' basest appetites.

September 7, 2007 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

While the book succeeded in pushing the boundaries of its medium, the film merely feels like a triumph of technology.

August 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out New York

About as close to geek heaven as a film adaptation has ever been.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

For those who revel in this kind of adrenaline rush spectator sport, let the games begin.

March 28, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

For all its visual razzle-dazzle and enjoyably bad-ass attitude, there's something curiously empty about Sin City.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Ethan Alter

Film Journal International

The world Miller and Rodriguez have created is so bleak and nasty it's difficult to see what lasting value any sort of redemption could have here.

October 11, 2006 Comments (5)

Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

Immensely likable and ultimately cool.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

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The visuals is stark and beautiful. Told in a very comic booky kind of way, "Sin City" kinda fails in storytelling but is visually dazzling.

September 18, 2010

Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

'Sin City' is a delicious kick in the ass for most movie goers, and thats what makes it so appealing. The cinematography and art direction are brilliantly well done and most of the acting is top notch. Its a hard movie to watch for some film goers, but if you can swallow its cruel intentions, you will reap the benefits.

April 20, 2011

Kase Vollebregt

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Sin City Quotes

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1. Dwight: You're Mother Teresa. You're Elvis. You're God.
– Submitted by Alonso A (7 days ago)
1. Hartigan: An old man dies. A young woman lives. A fair trade.
– Submitted by Ishan C (2 months ago)
1. Hartigan: I take away his weapon. [pauses] Both of them.
– Submitted by Ishan C (2 months ago)
1. Marv: This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They're back! There's no choice left. And I'm ready for war.
– Submitted by Alejandro O (3 months ago)
1. Miho: You made a big mistake yourself... you didn't flush. [Dwight shoves Jackie Boy's head into a toilet filled with urine]
– Submitted by Baurushan J (4 months ago)

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