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By Susan Stark (256) for Detroit News (2,682) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a film that has substance and sweep to match its high sense of style…

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By Joe Baltake (424) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 01 Jan 2000

They all contribute to a movie that's unusually delicate, understated and searching -- a movie that catches us up in the faded '50s beauty…

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By Matt Easterbrook (153) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 01 Jan 2000

Hanson cast two actors from Down Under, Crowe and Pearce, in the lead roles of Bud White and Ed Exley, respectively…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 01 Jan 2000

Director Hanson's convoluted plot -- tracing the rise, fall, and redemption of L.A…

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By Bryant Frazer (316) for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (294) on 01 Jan 2000

If the critics overrate this one, it's only because it looks so damned good in contrast to the rest of what's out there…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Jan 2000

Curtis Hanson has captured the flinty, sweaty days of post-World War II Los Angeles in his slick policier, L.A. Confidential…

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By Tom Trinchera (2) for culturevulture.net (793) on 01 Jan 2000

The script has the type of deft plotting that made films like The Crying Game and The Usual Suspects so popular…

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By James Sanford (927) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

You won't be able to take your eyes off Kevin Spacey as a cop who yearns for notoriety, or Crowe and Pearce, playing morally challenged officers…

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By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Pearce, Crowe and Spacey do solid work with solid characters. They're never boring, and never fascinating…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Objectively this film probably ranks with Chinatown and The Maltese Falcon…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 25 Mar 1998

A movie of shadows and half lights, the best approximation of the old black-and-white noir look anyone has yet managed on color stock…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 21 Feb 1998

Director Curtis Hanson keeps the hugely complicated story zooming along the boulevard of broken dreams without losing sight of the details…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 18 Sep 1997

The look of the film is terrific and is filled with period details…

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