Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Chinatown has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Chinatown (1974)
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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 24 Feb 2002
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Chinatown was released in 1974 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 854 reviews, giving Chinatown (1974) an average rating of 86%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 90% and users giving an average score of 92%.
With a score of 86%, Chinatown is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1974, which stands at 60%.
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