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Black Dahlia, The (2006) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Black Dahlia, The (2006) a score of 2.3574 out of 4

based on (123) reviews

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Excellent

(12)

Very Good

(39)

Good

(67)

Fair

(5)

Poor

(0)

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Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)

Like the film’s protagonist, this review of Brian De Palma’s vivacious The Black Dahlia might prove largely ineffective. The film in question actually recalls Ichi the Killer, in that the breakneck plotting is so blindsiding (on first contact) that...read the complete Black Dahlia, The (2006) review at Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)

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The Movie Chicks

Some people make a bigger impact in death than they ever did when they were alive – this would be the case for Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) – the Black Dahlia. When her mutilated body is found in a vacant lot in LA, it makes all the headlines, but...read the complete Black Dahlia, The (2006) review at The Movie Chicks

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Variety (Todd McCarthy)

"Chinatown" it ain't, not in any department. On its own level, however, new pic generates a reasonable degree of intrigue....read the complete Black Dahlia, The (2006) review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)

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Slate (Dana Stevens)

Even when engineering a howler like this, De Palma does it in such high style, with such a confident swagger, that the movie is half over before you realize how little is there....read the complete Black Dahlia, The (2006) review at Slate (Dana Stevens)