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01/01/00
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:40
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9/10
Consensus: Suspenseful, labyrinthine, and brilliantly cast, The Maltese Falcon is one of the most influential noirs -- as well as a showcase for Humphrey Bogart at his finest.
Runtime: 4 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the... [More]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Director: John Huston
Reviews for The Maltese Falcon
... part of what makes a film great is its power to obliterate whatever preconceptions we bring to it. There is brittle wit and sparkling harm and a very adult sense of fun present in The Maltese Falcon; it still works as a movie
09/09/07
Film noir at its finest.
06/27/01
No review available.
03/25/04
Bogart became Bogart in John Huston's great first film, a trend-setting, brilliantly cast adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled novel ... This was the stuff that dreams -- and Hollywood -- was made of.
06/02/06
This is no ordinary tale of crime and detection.
06/05/02
Top CriticWith its dark, complex plotting, stark black-and-white photography, concentration on the baseness of man, and a cynical mood sustained to its still shockingly grim conclusion, this is the prototypical film noir.
10/16/07
Top CriticWho can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?
10/16/07
Among the movies we not only love but treasure, The Maltese Falcon stands as a great divide.
06/06/01
Top CriticSam Spade é o personagem definitivo de Bogart: cínico, arrogante, frio e cruel, Spade possui todas as características do típico herói dos filmes noir.
01/10/04
Perfect use of the old McGuffin.
01/19/08
It's close enough to a perfect film, but it is not one.
01/01/00
The film is made up almost entirely of talk, and yet the performances are so wonderfully flamboyant and focused that conversations become the action of the movie.
08/22/08
...we're caught up in the pulse of the film, pretty much swept along by its deeds, not even particularly saddened or surprised by the pessimism of its ending.
10/09/06
Best in noir - Best in Bogie - One of the best ever.
04/03/05
One of the most brilliant directorial debuts in Hollywood's history, this gem of a movie catapulted Humphrey Bogart to major stardom, offering one of his finest roles (with many memorable lines) as detective Sam Spade.
09/07/06
The perfect movie experience.
01/01/00
Top Criticsharp and jagged... stripped clean
10/11/06
The definitive Sam Spade portrayal.
10/28/02
A must-see for anyone who wants to see a classic film the way they used to make 'em.
01/01/00
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