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Chinatown (1974)

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All Time

of 190,142

16

1970's

of 10,575

5

1974

of 3,417

2
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  4
  
  Crime of 1974
  
  of 57
  
  2
  
  Crime of the 1970's
  
  of 444
  
  3
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  9
  
  Drama of 1974
  
  of 195
  
  2
  
  Drama of the 1970's
  
  of 1,855
  
  3
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  4
  
  Mystery of 1974
  
  of 16
  
  1
  
  Mystery of the 1970's
  
  of 166
  
  1
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  4
  
  Thriller of 1974
  
  of 52
  
  1
  
  Thriller of the 1970's
  
  of 462
  
  2

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Chinatown (1974) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.8626

Avg Critic Score:3.7597

Chinatown (1974) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

[Nicholson's] performance is key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture--that, and a Robert Towne screenplay that evokes an older Los Angeles, a small city in a large desert. ...read the complete Chinatown movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Ever since film noir reached Hollywood, the detective has become a type, with film noir being his playground. ...read the complete Chinatown movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" is not only a great entertainment, but something more, something I would have thought almost impossible: It's a 1940s private-eye movie that doesn't depend on ...read the complete Chinatown movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Roman Polanski's ("Rosemary's Baby") Chinatown is one of the best films of the 1970s. Robert Towne's cleverly labyrinthine plotted classic detective story is set during the LA drought of 1937 but fervently captures the feel of the 1940s film noir. ...read the complete Chinatown movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Are you alone?" the private eye is asked in Roman Polanski's "Chinatown." "Isn't everybody?" he replies. That loneliness is central to a lot of noir heroes, who plunder other people's secrets while running from their own. ...read the complete Chinatown movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley)

Any film critic, amateur or otherwise, will probably tell you that the hardest films to review are the average films, or those that are neither particularly good or bad. The films that suck considerably, they're the easy ones, as any critic can unleash...read the complete Chinatown (1974) review at eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley)

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A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

Roman Polanski's film noir classic stars Jack Nicholson as private detective J.J. Gittes. The world he lives in is 1940's Los Angeles and the characters he must face are wonderfully written as well. The case this time leads him out to the deserts...read the complete Chinatown (1974) review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

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