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Laura

1944

Otto Preminger

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Judith Anderson ...

8.1

18,804

Film noir. Mystery. Drama Beautiful Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) is found shot to death in her apartment. Hard nosed Lieutenant Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is assigned as the lead investigator for the case. As he gets into the investigation, he learns that all the men in her life were in love with her including socialite Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) or her fiancé Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price), and the women either loved her as a person or were envious and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Less a crime film than a study in levels of obsession, Laura is one of those classic works that leave their subject matter behind and live on the strength of their seductive style"	POS
United States	T.M.P. The New York Times	"A murder mystery possessing (...) sustained suspense, good acting and caustically brittle dialogue"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"[A] masterfully complex—and frequently campy—portrait of all-consuming romantic self-delusion (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Contrived, artificial, mannered, and yet achieving a kind of perfection in its balance between low motives and high style (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"'Laura' (...) isn’t his first feature as a director, but it’s the first film that bears the mark of his artistry."	POS
United States	Les Fabian Brathwaite IndieWire	"[It] turns the film noir on its ear while still weaving one of the most engaging and stylish mysteries to ever grace the silver screen"	POS
United States	Variety	"Situations neatly dovetail and are always credible. Developments, surprising as they come, are logical. The dialog is honest, real and adult."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's a fascinating whodunnit-noir with a superb 'coup de cinéma' halfway through (...) Laura is still every bit as gripping (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dave Calhoun Time Out	"The mystery itself emerges in a fairly straightforward fashion (...) but more compelling is the gallery of personalities Preminger gives us (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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