This film is a mess, but I liked individual sequences a lot. If nothing else, watch it for Fiona Shaw's very bizarre performance.

29 of these points are for the costumes, the other point is for Hilary Swank being shot.

Better then one could hope for when knowing Hartnett is the star.

It was depressing and the best part was the beginning by far that's never a good way to go.

A Fascinating picture. Slow pacing, but with much to look at. Great cinematography, art direction and costume design. Full of details and haunting moments. BAD acting by Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. GREAT acting by Fiona Shaw and Mia Kirshner. AVERAGE acting by everyone else.

Terrible, terrible writing and worse acting.

Chyba jednak spodziewalem sie wiecej...

Horrible.

Man i used to think Zooey Deschanel or Megan Fox, maybe Kristen Stewart, was the worst actress working. I see now quite clearly that it is Hillary Swank. Or whoever that weirdo who played Ramona was. This is a really bad movie. Don't watch it.

I knew that this film had been smashed by critics, but i was bored and it was available. The critics were pretty much dead on. This film is an utter disaster. It is somewhat confusing, not so much in plot but in the characters motivations. Why the fuck are the two main characters doing what there doing? This film lacks focus. I read that De Palma cut about an hour of the film in post-production. Bad choice since I have a feeling that hour cut could have revealed the characters motivations.

The Black Dhalia has always been a kind of Lady Gaga of murder victims, more of a media statement than a person. I want to say this film is also hiding a dildo up its skirt, and I think it was trying to do so: some purposeful casting, (what I think is also purposeful) bad acting, too-convoluted mistaken identities, and neo-noir Hollywood plot are all trying to be Lynch's Mulholland Dr. Except this has no substance, so it blows.

I enjoyed it when I saw it, despite some rough patches. I may have to give it a second look.

Seems like De Palma tried to weave a complicated story, which turned out to be too complicated for him to handle. The plot wasnt really strong, well made movie. Towards the end the director tries to connect all the threads of the movie, but doesnt do it well. Could have been better made.

The mood itself is great. Unortunately the movie never focuses on a story but keeps trying to tell too many stories at once. In the end everything feels half-chewed and pointless. Too bad, because it had great potential.

One of the most boring films I've ever had the misfortune of seeing. It gets points for barely par acting (and one exceptional performance by Fiona Shaw that sadly lasts all of 5 minutes).

Has its moments but never puts together any momentum. By the end I was so detached from the story I was barely listening to the mystery being revealed.