Way ahead of it's time! Polanski and Towne are geniuses.

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2004)

I love that this movie did not have the normal, predictability of all, if not most, big budgeted Hollywood movies, from beginning to end. Everything from the writing, acting and directing is sublimely superb in this movie. This is one of Nicholson's best performances. If you like the regular, cheesy, big budget movies, the ones that lack depth, the ones you pay 10.00 a person to see in a dirty movie theater with a crowd of noisy strangers just to watch the usual, predictable Hollywood ending, this movie is not for you. Noah Cross is truly one of the worst villains in the history of cinema, you love to hate him and when you love to hate a character, the writer, director and actor have all succeeded. Any reaction to this movie, whether good or bad proves that this movie is a masterpiece, a work of art.