Don't get me wrong, Chinatown was a very good movie. But to me, I felt it could have done a little more to make it more interesting. The plot was very good and filled with twists. And the acting was outstanding.
Deservingly a classic and the best detective story I've seen. Nicholson and Polanski are in top form.
"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown"
nicholson as jake gittes
faye dunaway
john huston
and... polanski directing
how could u go wrong
part of a planned trilogy /chinatown/the two jakes / and cloverleaf(which will probely never be made)
one of the best detective film noir flicks ...( read more)
It's funny how the greatest example of film-noir comes from the 70s rather than the 40s or 50s. 'Chinatown' has a fantastic multi-layered script involving love, investigation, corruption, and incest. The film is packed with twists and turns that keep on surprising you. The film...( read more)
great script, cinematography, acting but just not my genre and not THAT compelling overall to wow me.
"chinatown" accomplishes roman polanski's gritty experimentalness to blend vintage noir with atmospheric suspense under his horror signature signed in "rosemary's baby"
jack nicholson plays a private eye with the similiar temperament of humprey bogart's sam spade in "maltese f...( read more)
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
If you're looking for a post-noir mystery with all the sexiness and hard boiled gumshoes intact? Look no further. This is the gem in Robert Evans canon. Nicholson at his best. Robert Towne's best script and Roman Polanski's direction is flawless. The final twist, though a li...( read more)
very interesting 70s film noir. excellent performance from Jack Nicholson. dense, rich plot and very well-shot. definitely a brilliant, well-made movie, but I personally didn't enjoy it as much as I was anticipating.
Hey Jack Nicholson! What happened to your nose? Gotten a nose job or something? HAHA
A throwback film that recalls the gritty film noirs of the 1940's. Jack Nicholson is a LA private eye in the 1930's hired by a woman (Faye Dunaway) to follow her husband. What begins as a case of marital infidelity soons turns into a conspiracy involving the water company, murder...( read more)
The blonde girl,the detective and the crime,everything that a good noir movie should have.And this one is excellent,one of the bests ever.
They really don't make films like this anymore...
This is an exceptionally well told drama from Polanski with Jack on top form. Following Jake on his quest to unravel the death of a prominent businessman and the corruption that he encounters is a masterclass in story telling. ...( read more)
Second Faye Dunaway movie I've seen in school, two fridays in a row x'D
She were great here and so were Jack Nicholson, I'm not a fan of Jack, but he really was great here. And he was quite attractive when he was younger.
The plot could've been better, but it was good enough.
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After revisiting "Chinatown", I have found a flawless and devastating masterpiece. In the end, you can't do anything, you just surrender. You surrender to the destructive corruption this film denounces, and to the movie's own irresistible perfection. There's simply nothing wrong ...( read more)
It has Jack Nicholson and a twist you won't see in modern film...maybe on TV, but in that case only in a soap opera.
brilliant film!!! jack nicholson on top form, faye dunaway was awesome in this too! i love the way it was filmed and the unravelling storyline! a great film noir!!!!
This is GREAT movie....an exampe of how great the 70s were for filmmaking. Jack Nickleson has never been better....this movie just WORKS all around.
Perhaps the ultimate film noir. Polanski crafted a dark and tragic tale of the darker side of LA, family, politics, and crime. And of course Nicholson is incomparable.
A special film indeed. Though not that special. A great Nicholson deliveres together with Polanski.
Well-directed by Polanski and well-scripted by Towne, it shifts in tone about 2 million times all thanks to Nicholson
