Sunset Blvd.

  • U (INDIA)
  • 1950


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Positive Reviews 39
Negative reviews 2
Average Rating 4.6/5
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5.0
In one of the greatest of all film performances, Swansons Norma Desmond skates close to the edge of parody; Swanson takes enormous chances with theatr .. Rogerebert
5.0
While its likely to scare little ones out of their pajama bottoms, a more mature teen and adult audience will find Sunset Boulevard a spectacular and .. Common Sense Media
4.5
...They rate a nod for daring, as well as credit for an all around filmmaking job that, disregarding the unpleasant subject matter, is a standout. Variety
4.5
One of Wilders finest, and certainly the blackest of all Hollywoods scab scratching accounts of itself. Time Out
5.0
This legendary tale of Hollywood glory and decay still provides a biting portrait of the Dream Factory.
5.0
But while all the acting is memorable, one always thinks first and mostly of Miss Swanson, of her manifestation of consuming pride, her forlorn despai .. The New York Times
5.0
Sunset Boulevard, one of the greatest movies about the movies, may be a fiction, but rarely is fiction shot through so glitteringly with real life.Whi .. Telegraph
5.0
One of the great joys of the film is watching the way in which William Holdens naturalistic performance clashes with an actress and performance style .. Cinema Blend
4.8
A cynically dark recognition to Hollywoods forgotten stars. .Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Billy Wilders (Double Indemnity) acidic spellbinding noir mas .. Sover
5.0
This is the greatest film about Hollywood ever put on celluloid by Hollywood. ReelViews
5.0
No other motion picture about Hollywood comes near Billy Wilders searing, uncompromising and utterly fascinating portrait of the film community. Tv Guide
5.0
Its a perfectly controlled masterpiece that captured a peculiar moment in movie history. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
...a slow moving drama that grows more and more absorbing as it progresses... Reel Film Reviews
5.0
What is sometimes forgotten, however, is how sad and yet how chilling Swansons performance is, and how quietly heartbreaking Stroheims is. Mountain X
2.0
Gloria Swanson and William Holden give definitive, Oscar nominated performances as the fading star and hack writer, respectively, in Bily Wilders dark .. Emanuellevy
5.0
Unlike some academics who do commentaries, Sikov is not terribly dry and remains consistently engaging. Q Network
5.0
And he started it here with one of the most audacious set ups: a flashback movie narrated by a corpse. Bbc
5.0
It should go without saying that Wilder was nominated for Best Director and the film for Best Picture. Bullz-Eye
2.0
The Austria Hungarian born filmmaker created a drama that is droll, creepy, and brimming with insider knowledge of its already simulated milieu of has .. Coles Mithey
2.5
The story reminds me of a real life L.A. Confidential, only without the modern, flashy look. 7M Pictures
5.0
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it. Film Freak Central
4.5
The picture will keep spectators spellbound, while their reactions shuttle with lightning speed of the storys constantly changing aura of pathos, sati .. Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
The conception owes something to Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, but the film builds a myth of its own, one that taps into something essential ab .. The Age
5.0
Few casts so genuinely perfect a dispiriting storyline of unmanageable love and masked rejection, infused with alternately terrifying insanity, nerve ..
5.0
But hey, the film doesnt open with talking corpses in the morgue! Solzy At The Movies
5.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
5.0
It is a gesture of decency, but it also seems the least motivated action that Joe takes.But again it is an innate sense of decency that guides him. Tony Mack
5.0
Sunset Boulevard (1950), the blackest of Hollywoods self portraits, is an old dark house of a ghost story inhabited by the living shadows of its disca .. Stream On Demand At Home
4.5
Wilder captures the themes of the old versus the new and reality versus dreams so well that they are ever present in the film without being too obviou .. Battleship Pretension
4.5
Its a pitch black satire that isnt focused on the machinations of the industry. Mac Guff
5.0
The movie is stultified by spectacle, novelistic development, and a slow dismemberment of the human beings that are strictly from Von Stroheims day. The Nation
4.5
Art directors Hans Dreier and John Meehan created the mesmerizing look of Normas sumptuous castle. World Socialist Web Site
4.5
Best Canadian documentary short: ChallengeScience Against Cancer. Maclean's Magazine
5.0
Dark comedy. Film noir. Tragic romance. Hollywood satire. Sunset Boulevard has it all. Movie Metropolis
4.5
Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic black comedy/drama, and perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film noir story about behind the scenes Hollywood .. Film Site
4.5
Wilder spins a rich and layered yarn that is self referential at almost every turn. Movie Views
5.0
One of the best swipes at Hollywood to come out of Hollywood, a wonderfully absurd comedy, and one of the best noir films ever, all rolled into one. Movies 8 My Life Blog Spot ..
3.0
Wilder certainly gives an intimate portrait of Hollywood with all its warts and imperfections. Old School Reviews
5.0
Whats more, it could easily be argued that its vision remains unsurpassed in this regard. Not Coming
5.0
Few pictures are greater than Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilders scathing assault on Hollywoods magnetism, aura, and fear of watching it pass you by... Film and Felt
4.5
proves that in the years she has been off the screen she has lost none of her glamour, the magnetism that made her an outstanding personality of the e .. Houston Chronicle
5.0
A concentration of classic filmmaking at its peak, a specimen of director Billy Wilder at the razors edge of his brilliance.



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