Murder, My Sweet
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Movie Reviews of Murder, My Sweet
Movie Review: HARD BOILED NOIR....
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the better ventures on the darker side of film noir with Raymond Chandler's PI Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) enmeshed in a complicated search for a jade necklace. He's hired by a thick brute named Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to find former night club singer Velma Valenti. After numerous attempts to throw him off the scent, he tracks her down. She's now Mrs.Grayle (Claire Trevor), married to a much older man with a grown daughter (Anne Shirley) who despises her. The jade necklace comes into play and so does Mrs.Grayle. Marlowe enters a weird plot that eventually finds him drugged and held prisoner before he fights his way back with the help of Shirley. "Murder My Sweet" is good and salty film noir with hard bitten performances, brittle dialogue, thugs, mystery and a sexy femme fatale in Mrs. Grayle. When Marlowe first meets her, she's wearing a revealing white dress that allows her entire leg to be casually exposed when she sits down. Very sexy for the 40's. Excellent b&w photography with almost everything occuring at night drenches the film with heavy noir atmosphere. This is a classic film to be savored and the DVD print is great. A real collectors' treat.Movie Review: There's no bottom to this black pool: Dive in anyway
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the landmark film noir movies, it stars William Powell as detective Philip Marlowe who gets involved in a case involving murder and a jewel heist. It's the dark side of humanity played out in shadows of the night. The dialogue is tough and sardonic, though it takes a bit getting used to hearing it coming out of Powell's baby face. When the women hug him and try to sweet-talk him, he cringes his face and rolls his eyes, but it's hard to believe him completely. Powell is conked on the head early on in the movie, and he spends most of the picture walking around in a semi-dazed state: it's as if the world has suddenly lost its moorings and is drifting in some surrealistic space and time. The scene where he's drugged and hallucinates is particularly nightmarish. The movie helped define the film noir genre and put the gritty hardboiled detective on center stage. And Clair Trevor as Velma is near perfection. Definitely worth a watch.
Movie Review: Love it, love it, love it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is noir the way its supposed to be. All those long shadows, all that old Los Angeles scenery, the wisecracking detective who actually translates well into the modern age (i.e., you will STILL think this is hilarious) and at the same time not too precious and just plain fun, fun fun. This is a must have for noir and forties fans, and one of those you can actually put on for people who hate this sort of thing. Just plain delicious and Dick Powell is amazing and slightly goofy and every inch the wiseacre. The cinematography is amazing as well- one of the best films for stills. And you can't beat Mike Mazurski as the boneheaded bully-type who probably couldn't write his own name. Brilliance.Movie Review: Noir 101---a must see!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is as classic a Noir as they get. I would recommend this to those who are just discovering this genre and want to sink their teeth into something real. This is it! Dick Powell does Marlowe better than anyone. He portrays the gritty, scruffy hard-boiled detective so true, you almost think you're watching a reality show. The storyline is somewhat hard to follow, but that's not what Noirs are really about anyway. It's about the atmosphere, the sense of danger, the grittiness, the somber, complicated characters, the wicked devious femme fatale. This film has all these elements. Watch it and enjoy!Movie Review: Murder, my Sweet is sweet indeed
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the classic film noir of its day.When you have a great story made ito a terrific script and add some truly fine actors, you have the makings of the best in film. The story is taut with twisy and turns throughout. Dick Powell, who was better known as a boy singer at this time of his career, takes the role of the hard bitten private eye and makes it his own. Throw in a couple of dames, a "mad" doctor and Mike Mazurki as a single minded thug looking for his girl to round out the cast. Some really nice comedic touches add to a film that is still well worth watching today.