Rotten
The weakness in this case clearly lies in a script by Charles Hoffman, which is hackneyed and tedious from beginning to end.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The Blue Gardenia
There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clinch-and-kill girl they called: The Blue Gardenia
1953 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Overview
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A stock story and handling keep The Blue Gardenia from being anything more than a regulation mystery melodrama.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Relatively minor but still gripping film noir.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
[A] little-seen thriller from Fritz Lang's rich and strange late period.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The somewhat wilted plot manages to take on an unaccustomed bloom in Fritz Lang's direction and the acting of an adept cast.
TIME Magazine
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