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Scott Oshima
25Dec11
Rooting for the murderers is unsettlingly pleasurable. And the dialogue! Juno, eat your heart out. No film does quick-witted alien talk like noir.
Marcelo Pereira
28Nov11
Barbara Stanwyck is the fiercest bitch on film noir history, no doubt on that.
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Xose Manoel Ramos
22Aug11
Tecnicamente (Fernando Trueba mediante) Wilder é un xenio da comedia. Na miña modesta opinión de comedias mal, de dramas moi ben. Só lle falta mellor casting para ter sido perfecta (e non é por é por Edward G. Robinson: PAPELAZO)
Jesse Taylor
19Aug11
The fast-paced dialogue and quick exchanges between Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck makes for hilariously entertaining scenes. “Double Indemnity” is most definitely the quintessential film noir and one of Billy Wilder’s best. It’s an important film in terms of pop culture and also as a warning for men to stay away from sexy seductresses who wear anklets and bad wigs.
Michael Gildea
28Jul11
Quite possibly the finest example of film noir a movie fan can ever hope to ask for. The script and dialogue deliver like a brick through plate glass, the performances are solid and Billy Wilder's direction is nothing short of magnificent. Double Indemnity could also be the best thing that anyone who had anything to do with the movie has ever done.
Qiydaar Foster
31May11
I wasn't as bowled over by this noir as most people seem to be, but it definitely has its strong points.
Kid Sisyphus
27May11
It was a simpler time, when men wore nipple pants, terms like "all wet" were common in the vernacular and movies were made about insurance salesmen. Chandler's screenplay is a big improvement over the Cain novel, and the cinematography is admirable. My inner voice is going to sound like Edward G. Robinson for the rest of the day.
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Dave
22May11
Near the pinnacle of American filmmaking. The Wilder-Chandler script is brilliant, the two leads are as rotten as characters get, and John Seitz photography is a thing of beauty. It might not be my number one Wilder film, but it is very close and I never tire of watching it. It's a pleasure to watch and never fails to make me long for classic Hollywood.
ruby stevens
27Feb11
one of a handful of films that far surpasses it's literary source. james m. cain's novel is totally outdone by wilder and chandler
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Sudipto Basu
13Dec10
I think Roger Ebert got it right when he said that this is a film about two people not exactly in love with each other, but enamoured of the screen personae they want to play. This also explains why they keep talking in Ben Hechtian dialogue throughout!
rowdyman
8Jun10
It was a little funny watching the "Flubber" guy talkin' tough (says, "baby" about 10 times in one scene) but at some point you just get drawn into Stanwyck's performance and enjoy Robinson's "little man" pick apart their story. My only beef with films of this era is that the bit parts are played by bit players and can be laughably bad. I guess only makes the stars shine that much brighter.