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03/26/09
Fallen Angel (1945)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Synopsis: Otto Preminger's classic film noir offering captures the common postwar struggle to get ahead, and one man's balancing act between two women. Dana Andrews stars as a drifter named Eric Stanton,... [More]
Starring: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Alice Faye, Charles Bickford
Director: Otto Preminger
Reviews for Fallen Angel
1 - 10 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe overall mood, lighting, and pace of the film, nevertheless, are top, hardboiled film noir.
10/23/07
Top CriticThe portrait of small-town loneliness and desperation is well and sharply drawn.
10/23/07
Heck, you almost expect Mildred Pierce to show up at Pop's Diner to sell him some pies!
07/05/06
For all of its acting wealth, Fallen Angel falls short of being a top flight whodunit.
03/25/06
Top CriticIts subtle analysis of shadowy tropes proves both a continuation and a deepening of Preminger's use of moral ambiguity as a tool of human insight.
03/10/06
A sharp, small town melodrama.
01/26/06
Top CriticIt lacks that desperation, doom, and paranoia. It's limp; it's just going through the motions.
12/05/04
Worth watching for its fascinating view of the seamy underbelly of parochial life in post-war America.
05/24/03
Top CriticA follow-up film noir to the highly successful Laura.
05/06/02
1 - 10 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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