Rotten
The film's weakest link is Rufus Sewell's rumpled gumshoe, inarticulate and mumbling to the point of madness.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Hotel Noir
Check your reservations at the door.
2012 · 1h 37m · NOT RATED
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Sebastian Gutierrez
Overview
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Director and cast
- Sebastian Gutierrez Director
- Carla Gugino as Hanna Click
- Danny DeVito as Eugene Portland
- Malin Akerman as Swedish Mary
- Rufus Sewell as Felix
- Robert Forster as Jim
- Rosario Dawson as Sevilla
- Mandy Moore as Evangeline
- Kevin Connolly as Vance
- Cameron Richardson as Maureen Chapman
- Michael B. Jordan as Leon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
Rotten
To succeed as more than a study in artifice, a film - especially one steeped in fatalism - needs to feel real.
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Rotten
A first-rate cast and stunning black-and-white visuals aren't enough to make this homage to classic film noir successful.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
It's hard to know whether Sebastian Gutierrez is imitating or satirizing the hard-boiled noirs of Hollywood's past, but either way it feels like a botched attempt.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
You never lose the nagging sense that you're simply watching a high-school drama club's production of '40s fatalism chic.
David Fear, Time Out New York
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