The Long Goodbye

  • 1973


MOVIE IS creepily intelligent unconventional generalized different
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94 % Certified Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 23
Negative reviews 5
Average Rating 3.9/5
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5.0
The Long Goodbye attacks film noir with three of his most cherished tools: Whimsy, spontaneity and narrative perversity. Rogerebert
1.5
An uneven mixture of insider satire on the gumshow film genre, gratuitous brutality, and sledgehammer whimsy. Variety
4.5
Despite cries of outrage from hard line Chandler purists, this is, along with Hawks The Big Sleep, easily the most intelligent of all screen adaptatio .. Time Out
4.5
A masterpiece of sorts, it digs beneath the surface of the supposedly liberated spirit of the times to expose the ethos that took America into the Vie .. The Guardian
4.4
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
4.5
Technically, the movie is consistently remarkable; there isnt a lazy shot in it. The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Altmans generalized misanthropy fits uncomfortably with the overall noir universe.
5.0
A subtle criqiue of the main character that contains some astonishing set pieces.
1.5
The film is so inventive in its situations and humor that its shortcomings the blunt ideas at its core dont become apparent before several viewings. Chicago Reader
4.5
The look, the unconventional cast and the unconventional story make this a unique film, one of Altmans best. Lariat
5.0
Ranks as one of the most intelligent adaptations of the celebrated thriller writers work since The Big Sleep in 1946. Radio Times
4.0
Its a film thats as beguiling as The Third Man (with a clear homage in the final moments), but as cool as the beach bathed LA natives. Flickering Myth
4.0
Elliott Gould in the lead seems to relish the joke of serving up Marlowe in a radically different way. Bbc
4.5
Raymond Chandlers sentimental foolishness is the taking off place for Robert Altmans heady, whirling sideshow of a movie, set in the early seventies L .. New Yorker
4.8
Robert Altman made a bold statement in his casting of Elliott Gould as a Jewish version of Raymond Chandlers Philip Marlowe character in this modestly .. Coles Mithey
3.5
Some of the humor doesnt quite fit (David Arkin as Harry is a prime example, playing an inexperienced hood who serves solely as comic relief), since M ..
4.0
This is 1970s Los Angeles at its finest, wrapped up and delivered by the master Robert Altman, and Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe is a tic fill cat l .. You Tube
3.0
Supremely assured ... a creepily black comedy that eschews huge campy shocks in favor of a bunch of little nonchalant stings that add up to something .. The Stranger
3.8
The Long Goodbye is true to its predecessors in that it doesnt allow its wit and humor to completely dispel the darkness inherent to the genre. Larsen On Film
4.0
For 1973s The Long Goodbye, Altman made a washed out, sun dappled version of film noir, adapting Raymond Chandlers 1953 novel about L.A. gumshoe Phili .. The Dissolve
4.5
Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmonds dreary color tones gives this film a stunning film noir look. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
1.5
John Williams elegiac, unfinished ballad a barkeeps tune, a doorbell chime, a Mexican marche funbre is the directors sardonic chortle. Cine Passion
4.5
It may not be exactly like the novel but then this Philip Marlowe is nothing like anything ever seen before. Apollo Guide
4.5
It isnt enough: the rouse fails and the cat slinks off, never to be seen again. Not Coming
5.0
Rather, hes comfortable in his own skin, even if hes uncomfortable in a situation. Father Son Holy Gore
5.0
Robert Altmans labyrinthine take on the Raymond Chandler classic is noir unburdened by a straight narrative its a triumph of atmosphere and attitude, .. Rossiter Drake
1.5
There may be one or two more farcical elements here than is customary, but for a real send up you would have needed Woody Allen rather than Gould who .. Esquire Magazine
4.5
Bracketts script and particularly Goulds performance are like a mashup of the best parts of 1930s and 40s screwball comedies and detective movies from .. Bitch Flicks



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