No plot, awful acting, dialogue with more clichés than a bugs bunny cartoon, are among the many things that make this movie a train wreck. WOW, I've seen some bad movies this year, but this one takes the cake. It's slow, no plot structure and again, DePalma tries to cover this up with a lot of technical camera movement and fleeting fancy. Why is this so bad? Are DePalma and the writer enemies? Why Hartnett? Did Hillary Swank just watch loony tunes to pull off her accent? This movie is rape with a camera. About the only passable thing is the loony mother, but in the end they ruin that too. Don't go see this...if somebody tells you this movie is good, punch them in the throat.
Review of The Black Dahlia
