Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2003)

This movie runs on cable fairly frequently, and if you have never seen it, get some popcorn, a soda, and be prepared to take a trip back in time.
Chinatown is a such a sexy movie on so many levels. The complexity of the story, phenomenal characters, brilliantly shot, put Chinatown on the must see list. Nicholson breathes such life into the J.J. Gittes detective character that you can almost taste the liquor in the glass he drinks.

What I love most about Chinatown is that it took the time to tell the story properly, without cutting corners. It IS long, but worth every frame.