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Chinatown (1974)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A Source Brief Review Grade* Apollo Movie Guide Dan Jardine "The plot is full of surprises, but none are cheap." more... A- BBC Almar Haflidason "Towne's screenplay is a masterpiece." more... A   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "... years have passed and film history blurs a little, and it seems to settle easily beside the original noirs. That is a compliment." more... A   Empire Online Ian Nathan "...seen as one of the great detective movies in cinema history." more... A   filmcritic.com James Brundage "Chinatown, for all of its cinematic genius and for all of the incredible scriptwriting that the film has, was unable to truly grab me." more... A- ReelViews James Berardinelli "...unquestionably one of the best films to emerge from the 1970s..." more... A   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)