Detour

  • 1946


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Positive Reviews 32
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Average Rating 4.1/5
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5.0
It lives on, haunting and creepy, an embodiment of the guilty soul of film noir. No one who has seen it has easily forgotten it. Rogerebert
4.5
Uniformly good performances and some equally good direction and dialog keep the meller moving. Variety
5.0
A one of a kind masterpiece that is as bleak and bitter to behold as ever. E Film Critic
3.0
For some, being outside the system is as natural as walking in the fog. Sover
3.8
For some, being outside the system is as natural as walking in the fog. Sover
4.0
The sleazy look somehow feels right for DETOURs self consciously Freudian allegory of Oedipal rage and misogyny. Tv Guide
5.0
Detour, for those who have not seen it, may be the greatest achievement in B movie making in history. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
One of the most daring and thoroughly perverse works of art ever to come out of Hollywood. Chicago Reader
3.1
...a compelling setup thats employed to watchable yet pervasively erratic effect by Ulmer... Reel Film Reviews
4.0
The clever use of night shooting and a score seemingly made up from Chopins out takes enhance the grimy tale which, despite its ultimately weak resolu .. Radio Times
4.4
one of the darkest and most fatalistic of the postwar film noir to the point that, if it didnt work so well, it could be mistaken for a postmodern par .. Q Network
4.5
The film, told in flashbacks, is held together by a poetically lurid interior monologue and directed, by Edgar G. Ulmer, with harrowingly expressive e .. New Yorker
1.5
Detour isnt remotely sexy or exciting, though it is amply dour and uncomfortably personal disturbing, even, in its spare vision. Film Freak Central
4.5
Though Neal only possesses a single expression in his acting repertoire a forlorn scowl hes perfectly cut out for film noir.
4.4
When Neal isnt perspiring, Ulmer provides rain to make it look like hes sweating bullets.) Larsen On Film
4.5
As effective as Neals performance is, its not the one for which Detour is best remembered. His foil is Ann Savage as Vera, living up to her surname as .. Under The Radar Mag
4.0
Her wit is biting, shes up front about her vindictiveness, and just doesnt even pretend. Scene Stealers
4.5
One of the most daring and thoroughly perverse works of art ever to come out of Hollywood. Chicago Reader
4.5
You cant take your eyes off the screen, and with the devilish Savage up there you wouldnt dare to. Film4
4.0
Final Thoughts: The inevitable fatalism of the oblivious heterosexual male remains at its most disconsolate zenith in Edgar G. Ulmers timeless odyssey .. Ion Cinema
4.4
In Mary Poppins Returns, plot doesnt count as much as pomp, and the central figure occasionally feels superfluous even in her own film. Film Frenzy
4.5
You cant take your eyes off the screen, and with the devilish Savage up there you wouldnt dare to. Web Archive
4.5
Ann Savage, who plays a no good, does a beauty of a job... We feel you will have a bond of sympathy for Neal, both in person and story and that always .. OutWeek
4.5
How fate can play tricks on a man is satisfactorily demonstrated in a melodrama with enough bite to command the attention closely throughout. OutWeek
4.5
Venturing far from the familiar melodramatic pattern, director Edgar G. Ulmer has turned out an adroit, albeit unpretentious production about a man wh .. OutWeek
4.5
Well produced and directed, the picture sustains a tense mood throughout. OutWeek
4.0
Reveals the masochistic strain in film noir characters, who fume bitterly about their bad luck without ever taking responsibility for their actions. Gost Dog
4.5
One of the most poignant and disturbing stories to reach the screen in any year is this one. Youre not just looking at a picture; youre right in it an .. Cincinnati Enquirer
4.5
It Is a not too late believable story of a piano player who ruined his life by hitch hiking from New York to Los Angeles to marry his girl but it is t .. Cincinnati Enquirer
4.5
Tom Neal does extremely well in the long, difficult role of the petrified pianist whose misadventures are told in flashback; while Ann Savage all but .. Cincinnati Enquirer
4.5
One of the greatest noirs of all time, shot on an almost non existent budget, lives again. Its Just Movies
3.5
The world of Detour provides a sharp contrast with the cheerful domesticity and rah rah jingoism of many Hollywood films of the period ... Playback:stl
3.5
He has rhythmic, regularly repeating lights pulse over the undersea wreck. Mike Grost
1.5
Relentlessly refusing the refreshing diversions of typical narrative cinema... Detour becomes a philosophical lament admired for its obstinate avoidan .. Senses Of Cinema



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