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Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A-
Visuals: A
The Big Sleep
by jibran (movies profile) (Dec 3, 2007)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
AS having read the novel after watching the movie,now i fully understood every twist and turn in the movie.The movie is that complex.This was the first raymond chandler n... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A
Visuals: B
The Essence of the Mystery Movie
by Kenneth (movies profile) (Oct 12, 2007)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall give two of the most memorable performances in film over the course of the 1946 classic. Based on the Raymond Chandler novel, the comple... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A-
Acting: A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Great Film-Noir Classic
by The Pool Shark (movies profile) (Oct 12, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler, "The Big Sleep" stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective, Philip Marlowe, who has been hired to protect a young woman from her o... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Classic Film Noir
by plasticonobrisco (movies profile) (Oct 12, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Bogart and Bacall bring Raymond Chandler's book to life, in the seedy 40's world of murder and blackmail. Atmospheric and spellbinding with the brilliant direction of Ho... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: A
Direction: A
Visuals: A
A terrific film
by dead_vessel (movies profile) (Oct 12, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
this is truly one of bogart's best films,surpassing his classic 'casablanca' in almost every way.the direction,by the legendary howard hawks,is also wonderful.a true film... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B-
Acting: B+
Direction: B+
Visuals: B
One of Bogart's Best
by Jerome (movies profile) (Oct 12, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
This movie is Bogart at his best portraying Phillip Marlowe, a world-weary and cynical private eye who's seen it all (or nearly all of it) and is as hard boiled a detecti... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
One helluva movie!
by Peggy S (movies profile) (Jul 27, 2009)
Wonderful acting by a steamy duo- Bogart and Bacall. Great Directing and some of the best sexual tension ever on film. Harold Hawk did a fantastic job of giving "Mar... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A-
Direction: B+
Visuals: B-
Classic Film Noir
by Mr. B (movies profile) (Oct 21, 2008)
If you are looking for the quintessential film noir, this is it. Screenplay by William Faulkner, and based on the Raymond Chandler novel, the twists and turns of this st... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: B+
Direction: B+
Visuals: B
I Could not sleep
by TonyM (movies profile) (Jul 25, 2008)
A film made by Howard Hawks based on a screenplay written by William Faulkner & Leigh Brackett, which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by Raymond Chand... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: A-
Direction: B+
Visuals: B+
If you want to see a great film just whistle?
by TonyM (movies profile) (Mar 3, 2008)
The Big Sleep was directed by the influential Howard Hawks it is based on a Raymond Chandler novel, with William Faulkner writing the screenplay. In the film Hawks takes... Full Review
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