Devil In A Blue Dress 1995

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The role of Easy looks as tailor-made for Mr. Washington as his suit, and it shows off the full effect of this actor's movie-star dazzle. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A fluid, persuasive piece of movie-making graced with the considerable visual sophistication. Read more

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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A bland, workaday detective flick. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: While Devil in a Blue Dress never develops the taut momentum of Franklin's previous effort, One False Move, it maintains audience involvement. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I liked the movie without quite being caught up in it: I liked the period, tone and look more than the story, which I never really cared much about. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The film also does a convincing job of re-creating Los Angeles of 1948 with both specificity and poetry. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Sheer pleasure. Read more

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Todd McCarthy, Variety: Entering the main flow of the story relatively late, Don Cheadle steals all his scenes as a live-wire, trigger-happy old buddy of Easy's from Texas, while Sizemore and Mel Winkler, as colorful underworld figures, make strong impressions. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: First-rate American pulp -- fast, absorbing and substantive. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Franklin's picture is effortlessly wise beneath its entertaining surface. Read more