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Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kevin Spacey
Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy best-seller is that rarest of modern Hollywood creations, a crime drama with the brains, sex appeal, humor, danger and action to satisfy all tastes. The ...( read more
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L.A. Confidential was a lot better than the last Los Angeles based, cop period movie that I saw, Mulholland Falls. There were a lot of names to keep up with, and the plot got a little convoluted at times, but the story was still good. This is a great cast, as well.
This is a great film, full of unpredictable surprises and a faithful adaptation to James Ellroy's novel.
This is a good movie, Guy Pearce jumping over Kim Bassinger do felt forced, and the movie seems to boild down to "kill the final boss and everything will be ok" But i can't complaint, great performances and a good script make me forget about all that stuff. Guy Pearce should be i...( read more)
L.A. Confidential is the most classy, intriguing, thought provoking and sexiest detective movie ever to be made in the history of detective films.
When you look back at it and see that Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey and Guy Pearce actually appeared in the same film back in 97 then...( read more)
My favourite film of all time, still after 12 years
Where to start:
great cast
great cinematography
great directing
great, great story
if only Curtis Hanson did the Black Dahlia (also written by Ellroy) or even Public Enemies. This film has the grit and punch that those two la...( read more)
Absolutely amazing. Wonderful performances from a great ensemble cast, and a really fantastic storyline. Really amazing.
A great cast and a twisted engaging plot. It was nice to see Russell Crowe before he got so fleshy and obnoxious. Guy Pearce, where have you gone as of late? It was an obvious throwback to films like The Big Sleep (including some very direct references to that era of noir) but...( read more)
