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The Maltese Falcon has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Maltese Falcon (1941)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jun 2001
Review of The Maltese Falcon (1941)
By Nell Minow (2,357) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 28 Dec 2010
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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 08 Dec 2016
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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Apr 2008
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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 08 Sep 2007
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By David S (4,459) on 09 Sep 2011
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The Maltese Falcon was released in 1941 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 656 reviews, giving The Maltese Falcon (1941) an average rating of 85%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 94%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 88%.
With a score of 85%, The Maltese Falcon is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1941, which stands at 63%.
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