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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) a score of 2.8815 out of 4

based on (52) reviews

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(9)

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Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

But contrary to what you may have read, Devil in a Blue Dress is not a noir. It shares some of the trappings of noir, but it does have a pretty happy ending, the sort that's avoided by any noir worth its salt. The denouement has been much altered from...read the complete Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Carl Franklin's unusually creative studio movie, boasting superlative acting from Denzel Washington and particularly newcomer Don Cheadle, reinvents a genre and a bygone era, in this case, Los Angeles circa 1948....read the complete Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

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At-A-Glance Film Reviews

This gritty film is riddled with plot twists that'll keep you on your toes. It's ably headed by Denzel Washington, who plays an innocent bystander thrust by circumstance in the middle of a complicated murder mystery. It's Alfred Hitchcock meets film noir...read the complete Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews