| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Slummingly salacious and generally rotten to the core." more... |
D |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...woefully short on the sublime." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...a semi-hysterical, barely coherent film..." more... |
C- |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"In the end, stylish Dahlia gets bludgeoned with De Palma melodrama." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"The Black Dahlia isn't a cheat, it's just a misfire..." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"Of the actresses, only Mia Kershner, playing Short herself in some film clips discovered posthumously, creates a memorable character..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...the film edges dangerously into camp." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...visually dazzling but ultimately disappointing..." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"With the diverting exception of Hilary Swank...the leads are disastrous." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"While it's true that many noir thrillers emphasize style over substance, few are as fundamentally unsatisfying and confusing as The Black Dahlia." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"De Palma throws everything at the screen, but almost nothing sticks." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...with the exception of Aaron Eckhart, De Palma's actors can't live up to the period or the atmosphere." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...it's just not a very good movie." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"What it accomplishes with its stunning cinematography and set design is undercut by a lack of coherence." more... |
C |
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