Nominated for 3 Oscars. 5 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Filmed almost entirely in interiors, it presents a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, perversion and pain.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
16 Oct 2007
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This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
8 Apr 2008
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The Maltese Falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the Hollywood system -- as significant in some ways as its contemporary, Citizen Kane.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
10 Jun 2008
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The Maltese Falcon is the first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems ages.