Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Good Boys
Avengers: Endgame
Mindhunter
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
Sweet Smell of Success boasts a top-notch cast, sharp direction, atmospheric cinematography, and an appropriately jazzy score, making it one of the best noir crime thrillers ever made.
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (13) | DVD (3)
New York never looked as thrillingly sordid as it does in this scabrous masterpiece. Apr 9, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
New York never looked as thrillingly sordid as it does in this scabrous masterpiece.
Wendy Ide
Sweet Smell, which could have been offal, is raised to considerable dramatic heights by intense acting, taut direction (by Alexander Mackendrick), [and] superb camera work (by James Wong Howe). Apr 21, 2009 | Full Review…
Sweet Smell, which could have been offal, is raised to considerable dramatic heights by intense acting, taut direction (by Alexander Mackendrick), [and] superb camera work (by James Wong Howe).
Mackendrick's nighthawk landscape is compellingly, poetically bleak. Apr 21, 2009 | Full Review…
Mackendrick's nighthawk landscape is compellingly, poetically bleak.
Dave Kehr
James Hill's production, locationed in Manhattan, captures the feel of Broadway and environs after dark. Jul 22, 2008 | Full Review…
James Hill's production, locationed in Manhattan, captures the feel of Broadway and environs after dark.
Variety Staff
The screen was rarely so dark or cruel. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
The screen was rarely so dark or cruel.
Chris Auty
It's about hype and, although it was made decades before the word was coined, it still has eye-opening things to convey about the slippery business of celebrity journalism. Such is the value of first-hand experience. Sep 20, 2003 | Full Review…
It's about hype and, although it was made decades before the word was coined, it still has eye-opening things to convey about the slippery business of celebrity journalism. Such is the value of first-hand experience.
Sandra Hall
... one of the most lacerating and vicious visions of the predatory urban world in the American cinema, and one accomplished without a single murder, gunshot or pulled knife. Mar 2, 2018 | Full Review…
... one of the most lacerating and vicious visions of the predatory urban world in the American cinema, and one accomplished without a single murder, gunshot or pulled knife.
Sean Axmaker
[VIDEO ESSAY] Here lies the defective foundation of the American Dream as viewed from an implicitly American viewpoint - Bert Lancaster's company produced the film. Dec 2, 2013 | Rating: A | Full Review…
[VIDEO ESSAY] Here lies the defective foundation of the American Dream as viewed from an implicitly American viewpoint - Bert Lancaster's company produced the film.
Cole Smithey
A meandering drama about the lure of success and the ignominious aggression of defeat. Aug 15, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
A meandering drama about the lure of success and the ignominious aggression of defeat.
Wesley Lovell
It all begins with the title. The irony aside, its lightness and alliteration suggest the last breaths of one of the film's victims. Mar 7, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
It all begins with the title. The irony aside, its lightness and alliteration suggest the last breaths of one of the film's victims.
Matthew Sorrento
... one of the most lacerating and vicious visions of the predatory urban world in the American cinema... Feb 26, 2011 | Full Review…
... one of the most lacerating and vicious visions of the predatory urban world in the American cinema...
A masterpiece. Apr 21, 2009 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A masterpiece.
Film4 Staff
View All Quotes
View All