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L.A. Confidential
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
R
1997
2h 18m
Mystery
,
Crime
,
and more
8.2
99%
94%
7.8
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As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
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Cast of L.A. Confidential
Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce
Edmund 'Ed' Exley
James Cromwell
Dudley Smith
Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens
David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel
Dick Stensland
Amber Smith
Susan Lefferts
John Mahon
Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle
Mickey Cohen
Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato
Simon Baker
Matt Reynolds
Elisabeth Granli
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Sandra Taylor
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Allan Graf
Wife Beater
Precious Chong
Wife
L.A. Confidential Ratings & Reviews
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
A masterfully smart and soulful film that bows low before genre even as it betrays it.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
One of the things the film conveys, in addition to institutionalized corruption, is the energy and excitement of a city that knows it's on the move. L.A. Confidential is juicy dynamite.
Arizona Republic
Bob Fenster
Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, LA. Confidential is a sprawling story rich with memorable characters and surprising revelations.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Almost absurdly entertaining.
New York Post
Michael Medved
Director Curtis Hanson has done good work before (The River Wild and the underappreciated The Bedroom Window), but now he wins new recognition as a major stylist.
Newsday
Jack Mathews
James Ellroy is to many people the densest, toughest, and smartest crime writer of our time, and what may be his densest, toughest, and smartest novel is now a movie bearing the same distinction.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Robert Philpot
For all the powerhouse acting, this is Hanson's show.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Holleman
"L.A. Confidential" is violent, sharp and sinister. And it is brilliant.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray
You need to pay close attention to "L.A. Confidential" from start to finish, but it's a rare pleasure these days to be challenged by a Hollywood picture. And to be surprised.
New Times
Peter Rainer
Hanson wants to give us a richer sense of character than the standard noirs, and, by the end, his cops have earned their chops.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
L.A. Confidential is a movie bull's-eye: noir with an attitude, a thriller packing punches. It gives up its evil secrets with a smile.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
There are so many things to enjoy here. Director Curtis Hanson... keeps a complex story coherent and absorbing -- if bloody at the end.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
At the center of the movie are three mismatched cops with separately fueled ambitions, ferociously played by Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. Their combined charisma almost smashes through the screen.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
L.A. Confidential isn't quite up there with Chinatown, but it's the closest thing to come down the Santa Monica Freeway in the last 23 years.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
Hanson has made the film noir setting virtually another starring character.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
Spicy and boiling-hot, this sensational early-'50s crime drama is a morality play disguised as pulp fiction -- a sprawling saga of corruption and redemption set against a flashy West Coast backdrop.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Hanson delivers something ever rarer in film culture, not a new film noir but an old-fashioned total movie, somehow of a single piece.
AV Club
John Krewson
This may be the best movie of the year; it's definitely one of the greatest crime films of all time.
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
A glamorous, alluring entertainment that revels in the artifice of Hollywood while exposing its corrupt heart, L.A. Confidential pays stylish homage to some of the great film noirs of the distant and recent past.
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
Hanson's achievement as director cannot be overrated. He moves swiftly from scene to scene, yet he allows the actors space to define their characters. Producers will be adding his name to their most-wanted list.
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