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By Marcus W (1,161) on 22 Nov 2014

Welles may use every cinematic trick in his repertoire, but the story and characters fail to captivate or engross…

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By Brandon G (240) on 02 Aug 2014

Slightly confusing, but highly enjoyable. Gotta love Rita Hayworth…

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By Eithne Farry (2) for Electric Sheep (203) on 24 Jul 2014

The storyline is almost incidental to the disorientating inventiveness of The Lady from Shanghai…

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By David Parkinson (764) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 23 Jul 2014

The plot's pleasingly convoluted, the performances amusingly varied, the mood sinisterly sustained. But the set-pieces are the work of a genius…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 23 Jul 2014

Time proves this to be insanely ambitious and batty in the best sense…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 22 Jul 2014

A magnificent mess of switchbacks and revelations, climaxing with one of cinema's most outrageously inventive sequences…

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By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 20 Jul 2014

Welles' dazzling direction more than makes up for any lack of viewer understanding…

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By Kenneth L (949) on 19 Jun 2014

This isn't quite the perfect movie that Citizen Kane is, but then not every movie can be…

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By Donnie Ray S (29) on 03 Apr 2014

A interesting mystery-thrilled. With amazing cinematography. The final scene in the house of mirrors is one of the greatest movie images of all time…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 20 Feb 2014

The climax, a shootout in a funhouse hall of mirrors, is one of the bravura sequences in all film, a triumph of hey-look-at-me form over just-the-facts…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Jan 2014

Be warned: This is a film that collects obsessives…

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By Calum Marsh (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Jan 2014

For all the violations it suffered, The Lady From Shanghai seems strangely coherent in its extant form -- or rather, coherently incoherent,…

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By Harpreet S (317) on 31 Aug 2013

Orson Welles makes love to Rita Hayworth with the camera in this one. Nicely twisted plot…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 31 Aug 2013

Orson Welles makes love to Rita Hayworth with the camera in this one. Nicely twisted plot…

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By Kilo D (224) on 31 Aug 2013

Orson Welles makes love to Rita Hayworth with the camera in this one. Nicely twisted plot…

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By Ben S (1,411) on 20 Jun 2013

One of Welles' great movies and the weirdest one he ever made…

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By Taylor N (159) on 28 May 2013

Really enjoyed this one. Orson Welles was so creative and his movies are smart--they feel literary…

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By Roger T (757) on 28 May 2013

An entertaining and surprising combo: welles irish brogue and hayworth's blond coiffeur, plus some nice twists thrown in for good measure…

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By Wezul S (323) on 05 May 2013

The weirdest courtroom scene ever! This tight, convoluted noir is deliciously over the top. Rita is the perfect femme fatale…

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By Craig L (247) on 23 Apr 2013

Nice tense drama with great cinematography…

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