Review of The Lady from Shanghai (1947) by Madeline M — 01 Apr 2010
Orson Welles kind of ruins this movie - he's so miscast! But Rita Hayworth is great. It's definitely crazy (but in a way I only noticed that because this is a Welles movie - if Michael Powell were in charge I probably wouldn't have blinked) and it falls apart at the end, AND it tries way way way too hard.
Like, it goes out of the way to be quotable! Cause it's NOIR, right, get it? But whatever - still good fun. The kind of good fun you want to slap, but still fun. It's complicated.
This review of The Lady from Shanghai (1947) was written by Madeline M on 01 Apr 2010.
The Lady from Shanghai has generally received very positive reviews.
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