The picture on the whole is close to being a top-drawer mystery.
– Thomas M. Pryor,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Gene Tierney makes an appealing figure as the art executive and Vincent Price is convincing as a weak-willed ne'er-do-well.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
A hypnotic and deathlessly interpretable experience.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
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.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
Few movies make you feel dirtier, and so perversely grateful for the pleasure.