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   • 8.2/10 8.2/10 IMDb
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   Critics consensus As bruised and cynical as the decade that produced it, this noir classic benefits from Robert Towne's brilliant screenplay, director Roman Polanski's steady hand, and wonderful performances from Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Is Chinatown a good movie?

   • Roman Polanski ’s “Chinatown” is not only a great entertainment, but something more, something I would have thought almost impossible: It’s a 1940s private-eye movie that doesn't depend on nostalgia or camp for its effect, but works because of the enduring strength of the genre itself.

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   Is Chinatown based on a true story?

   • Even though Chinatown is a fictional movie, it's based of the Los Angeles water grab of 1908. This is a city that formed in a desert and it should be impossible for water to exist, which makes the control of the water ever more so fundamental. Towne did a great job adding his own 1930's spin to the story. This movie is undeniably a great film.

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   Where can I watch Chinatown?

   • Watch Chinatown with a subscription on Prime Video, Paramount+, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. As bruised and cynical as the decade that produced it, this noir classic benefits from Robert Towne's brilliant screenplay, director Roman Polanski's steady hand, and wonderful performances from Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

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   Is Chinatown the best film noir ever made?

   • "Chinatown" might not be the best film noir ever made but it is certainly one of the best.

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   Feb 6, 2000 · Like most noir stories, “Chinatown” ends in a flurry of revelation. All is explained, relationships are redefined, and justice is done -- or not. Towne writes of “my eventual conflict with Roman and enduring disappointment over the literal and ghoulishly bleak climax” of the movie.

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   Chinatown. Roger Ebert June 01, 1974. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Roman Polanski ’s “Chinatown” is not only a great entertainment, but something more, something I would have thought almost impossible: It’s a 1940s private-eye movie that doesn't depend on nostalgia or camp for its effect, but works because of the ...

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   As bruised and cynical as the decade that produced it, this noir classic benefits from Robert Towne's brilliant screenplay, director Roman Polanski's steady hand, and wonderful performances from...

   • 93% (5.3K)
   • Director: Roman Polanski

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Jack Nicholson

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   I recommend this film to anyone who enjoys film noir, watching Jack Nicholson in perfect shape in a role that was tailor-made for him, a good mystery, Roman Polanski's direction and just a good movie with a more adult tone that many others. 10/10

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   Jun 20, 1974 · IMDb RATING. 8.1 /10. 351K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 1,095. 24. Play trailer 3:17. 1 3. 7 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama Mystery Thriller. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. Director. Roman Polanski. Writers. Robert Towne. Roman Polanski. Stars.

   • 8.2/10 (341K)
   • Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

   • Director: Roman Polanski
   • Release Date: 1974-06-20

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   Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Charles Champlin Los Angeles Times. TOP CRITIC. In its total recapturing of a past, in its plot, its vivid characterizations, its carefully calculated...

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   Jun 19, 1974 · By A.D. Murphy. “Chinatown” is an outstanding picture. Robert Towne’s complex but literate and orderly screenplay takes gumshoe Jack Nicholson on a murder manhunt all over the Los Angeles of ...