the black dahlia
Martina from Donegal, 26 Mar 2007
With such an accomplished cast, i was really looking forward to watching this movie, however it is a major let down due a highly fragmented plot...it's really disappointing even though it looks slick and stylish...however the elaborate costumes and impressive production do not hide the fact that the movie is all over the place..not recommended!
10 people out of 12 found this review helpful
The Black Dahlia
Stewart from Dublin, 30 Apr 2007
Reasonable cast but no performance of note. Plot overly complex and rambling with no building to an outcome. In short a poor man's 'LA Confidential'. Scarlet get over yourself.
8 people out of 9 found this review helpful
Erm, where is the actual case?
Monika from Cork, 13 Apr 2007
The Black Dahlia case has always intrigued me and I was hoping for a strong storyline on the back of it. In particular with Brian DePalma as director. But the movie instead concentrates on the very uninteresting lives of the 2 principal characters, the Dahlia case is reduced to background. And when will Fiona Shaw start acting again instead of giving OTT performances as hysterical cardboard characters???
7 people out of 8 found this review helpful
Avoid!
Orla from Cork, 11 May 2007
Dreadful, dreadful & dreadful :-) so far removed from the noir detective movie it was trying to be, helped massively by Josh Hartnett's drivelling performance. Awful!
6 people out of 10 found this review helpful
bad movie
tom from Louth, 03 May 2007
watched this movie with my wife and have to admit we both thought it was one of the worse movies we ever seen. Give it a big miss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 people out of 6 found this review helpful
To be avoided total 100% rubbish
Mark from Dublin, 04 Jun 2007
Was looking forward to this but it was absolute sh*te so many subplots going on just wished I had checked out the reviews before adding this to my list it robbed me of nearly two hours of my life do your self a favour and avoid at all costs.
3 people out of 3 found this review helpful
Doesnt live up to the book
Suzanne from Kerry, 04 Oct 2007
Very disappointing. For those who have read the book or are just James Ellroy fans, you can see they try to recreate the language and atmosphere, so it does look good, but the plot falls completely flat by the end. Real pity.
3 people out of 4 found this review helpful
A waste of time
Victoria from Cork, 04 Jul 2007
Being a couple of True Crime buffs, we were really looking forward to watching this movie. If you think this movie related in any way to the Black Dahlia case, you are in for a disappointment. The only true facts within this movie were Betty Short's name and the dismemberment of her body. The rest is all total fantasty.
Don't bother, the acting was terrible. At least it got me to look up the correct information about this case again.
2 people out of 3 found this review helpful