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Mar 10, 2024
I’m very fond of this wonderful film. I first saw it in my formative years and it’s dwelt in my heart ever since. There’s nothing left to add that hasn’t already been said … although I’ve always been horrified every time Bogey lit up a…
Aug 21, 2023IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent noir private eye film that influenced all of the others. It made Bogie a star, deservedly so.
May 23, 2023CharlesDexterWard rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
a little dated, but still very watchable (although The Big Sleep with Bogie is way better).
Mar 15, 2023akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite classics
Mar 14, 2023RoyalJellyIII rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One of Bogie's best movies.
Jul 25, 2022LPL_TriciaK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really love Humphrey Bogart, so I followed up a recent watching of Casablanca with this classic of film noir. Great performances by an all-star cast, intriguing plot twists, and fascinating characters to root for and against. Follow…
May 12, 2022The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
John Huston’s 1941 feature, in which Humphrey Bogart portrays Dashiell Hammett’s detective, Sam Spade, established the maturity and seriousness with which the genre could be approached. The film is made up almost entirely of talk, and yet…
Mar 06, 2022GGoulet428 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Outstanding, with great support from Mary Astor, Peter Loore, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond and Barton MacLane (in his second of three feature films with Bogart that was directed by John Huston). In response to Drax_Plunkett, this IS a…
Dec 16, 2021Shuken_1989 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"The Maltese Falcon" is the 1941 noir film based on the short story by the same name written by Dashiell Hammett. The film is often considered one of Humphrey Bogart's best films. Bogart plays hard-boiled San Francisco detective, Samuel…
Nov 24, 2021ReedReadsmore rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
HAMMETT!
Nov 05, 2021Drax_Plunkett rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I love ‘old’ movies. I love noir. I love Bogie. As such, I’ve felt bad for starting but never finishing this film. Now that I finally have, I’m disappointed. Honestly, the only entertainment I got from this was Bogart’s performance. No…
Sep 23, 2021Erik_the_Read rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Unbelievably, this was my first Bogart film. It only took me 42 years but I'm finally starting to get into the old noir classics. I read the Chandler book last year and I liked it alright, but strangely I think this is a case in which the…
Jun 25, 2021mrb1987 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
one of the greatest movies of it's time,but has the thin man ,sherlock holmes movies come back around every decade and every generation ,the maltese falcon is sadly an nostalgic then and then it's very much over,the story lines,and the…
Feb 27, 2021Moviereviewer rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This was a good 1941 mystery thriller but pale in comparison to Casablanca.
Nov 24, 2020VonHafenstaaad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A good movie tells a story that hooks the audience. It creates curiosity. It causes something to happen as a result of a person's actions. The movie The Maltese Falcon satisfies these requirements, because John Huston the director…
Nov 21, 2020Bubba_Louie rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
To say that "The Maltese Falcon" could've been a whole better than it was would truly be an understatement like no other. It's true. I mean, this vintage motion picture was apparently a real box-office hit when it was first released…
Aug 28, 2018
Clearly a product of its time - 1941's "The Maltese Falcon" is (IMO) very much like taking a somewhat rocky, little stroll down old "Memory Lane". While WW2 raged on over in Europe - "The Maltese Falcon" was just the sort of film that…
Oct 14, 2017
76 years old and still ticking (?) - Barely.
Oct 11, 2017
Last night I was feeling in a bit of a nostalgic mood. And, so - With that, I decided to take a stroll down Hollywood's "Memory Lane" with 1941's "The Maltese Falcon". Loosely based on the 1930 novel (of the same name) penned by famous…
Oct 06, 2017
Now nearly 80 years old - This vintage, Hollywood crime-drama from 1941 was OK at best. It really hasn't aged very well. And the performances were almost laughable at times.
Jul 14, 2017DanglingConversations rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Very wooden acting and stock characterizations. There are irregularities in the plot line that would not be tolerated in a modern movie. The movie was frustratingly out of date.
Jun 17, 2017trcookIIImddmd rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Not totally boring, but close; few old movies appeal to my sound bite sensibility--The action is just too slow. I'm looking forward to Baby Driver, Ronin being one of my favorite films.
EuSei
Mar 10, 2015EuSei rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Like Sam Spade, in the book the reader is left to wonder what is the big secret his client is keeping. The movie loses a lot of suspense by letting the viewer into it immediately. I don’t think Bogart was (physically) able to convey the…
Mar 09, 2015akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 1941 film noir based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a…
LRS1969
Oct 02, 2014LRS1969 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
OlivePlaid apparently has hard time realizing how special editions work... and that the movie is on the third disk! Nor able to realize that this isn't a Complaint Section, but a book / movie review area! In that regard, this movie…