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  Review by Roberto_ ★★★★★ 2

  who killed laura p̶a̶l̶m̶e̶r̶ hunt?

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  Review by nora ★★★★ 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by Karsten ★★★★★ 13

  Won't lie, had a great time watching this. Gasped with every turn this film took. Not one bad performance but Vincent Price really is just THAT dude, ya know? The camera movement, the use of space, it all comes together into an ending that left me completely on edge. Not to mention the fact that Laura really is one of the most fascinating characters I've seen, especially for this time period. I'm sure there are actual reviews that actually go into depth about that. Too tired to add more sowwy 🥴

  
  I wish Vincent Price were still alive so he could get into podcasting.

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  Review by ScreeningNotes ★★★★★ 27

  Blown away. I can't believe that this movie exists and that I hadn't seen it until now and that it achieves so much perfection in under 90 minutes. This is absolutely essential viewing for any fans of film noir and particularly for anyone interested in the femme fatale as a symbolic cinematic figure. It's also the first time I've really been bowled over like this since I discovered and fell in love with The Conformist back in May. Anyway:

  "My mother always listened sympathetically to my dreams of a career, and then taught me another recipe."

  Laura (Gene Tierney) is dead. Shot in the face with a shotgun. Detective McPherson (Dana Andrews) is on the case, and he's followed closely…

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  Review by Jake Cole ★★★★★ 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by DallasFrance ★★★★½ 2

  Judith Anderson looking into her compact, reapplying lipstick, matter-of-factly speaking about murder, cold as ice. 

  
  “Because I can afford [Shelby], and I understand him. 

  He's no good, but he's what I want.

  I'm not a nice person. Neither is he.

  He knows I know he's... just what he is.

  He also knows that I don't care.

  We belong together because we're both weak and

  can't seem to help it.

  That's why I know he's capable of murder.

  He's like me.

  No, dear, I didn't...

  but I thought of it.”

  
  There’s more bloodshed in those words than anywhere else in the film.

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  Review by brendan o'hare ★★★★ 1

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  Review by noen ★★★★½ 4

  The film may seem slow at first, but it actually builds suspense without you even realizing it. The longer you focus on the story, you'll notice how well the different parts fit together and how believable everything is. The surprises in the plot make total sense, and the conversations feel so genuine and mature. In 1999, the film was recognized and chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry because it is considered to be very important artistically, culturally and historically. I wholeheartedly think that this recognition is well-deserved (bring back b&w noir pls)

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  Review by sakana1 ★★★★★ 11

  This movie is spectacularly, monumentally queer, from Shelby Carpenter's (Vincent Price) assertion that he's a natural suspect because he’s "not the conventional type," to Mark McPherson's (Dana Andrews) amused, pointed glance crotchward as Waldo Lydecker (Cliffton Webb) stands up from his bath on their first meeting; from Waldo's description of McPherson as "muscular and handsome," with "a lean, strong body," to Shelby's arch suggestion to Waldo that he "get down on all fours again," because "it's the only time you've ever kept your mouth shut."

  The examples are numerous and pointed, but the majority of the queer content centers on Webb and Lydecker. From the start, the relationship between Waldo and McPherson resembles a courtship, from their risque meeting in…

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  Review by Chris Quinn ★★★★★ 8

  How can you not fall in love with Gene Tierney?

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  Review by Disgustipated ★★★★★ 5

  I am going to make an assumption that this classic film is a personal favourite of David Lynch. The film starts after the murder of a beautiful young woman named Laura. Every male character, both young and old, seems to be in love with her. A detective attempting to solve her case even falls in love with her posthumously after listening to other people's recollections and falling under the spell of her bewitching portrait. Sounds familiar? Well, a friend of a friend is a friend of mine, and so I am a little in love with this Laura, too.

  I have always enjoyed the device of rendering the main character by the impressions they have left behind in their absence,…

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  Review by ScreeningNotes ★★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.