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Seen on: 08/28/2012

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Mulholland Falls (1996)

Directed by Lee Tamahori

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Rated R | Length 107 minutes

Actors

Michael Madsen | Nick Nolte | Rob Lowe | Chris Penn | Kyle Chandler | Treat Williams | Jennifer Connelly | Bruce Dern | John Malkovich | Louise Fletcher | Chazz Palminteri | Ed Lauter | Daniel Baldwin | Melanie Griffith | Andrew McCarthy | Titus Welliver | William Petersen | Ernie Lively | Brad Hunt | Melinda Clarke | Aaron Neville | Alisa Christensen | Suzanne Solari | Sharmagne Leland-St. John | Chelsea Harrington

Viewing Notes

With such an outstanding cast and being a retro noirish murder mystery set in 1950s Los Angeles, I obviously had high hopes for this film. While it doesn’t live up to its potential, it’s still a fairly entertaining movie to watch. Nolte turns in a pretty rough (in a good way) performance as the lead and… Jennifer Connelly, oh my god! No one told me she looked that gorgeous naked; and certainly no one told me she was actually naked in this or I’d have watched ages ago.

I do find it sad that she’s only used for her physical attributes though, considering she’s a damn good actress. She has very few lines and little to do outside of her sex scenes.

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