Reviews

Nick, his temper rising, goes to confront the new truck owner Ed Kinney (Millard Mitchell) - and Ed strikes up a deal with him, giving Nick the scoop on a crop of Golden Delicious apples they can make a killing on. ...

But before I sign off making this film sound like a suffocating, stressful ordeal, I have to pay tribute to Eve Arden who plays Mildred's compatriot Ida - she's often ready with a quip and continues on always untouched by the madness and drama that surrounds Mildred Pierce. ...

Those are far from deal breakers for me and this film however - I think it's fantastic, a pleasure to watch, and has everything a film of this type needs to burn up the screen. ...

Just like many film noir films, Detour has a flashback narrative, sizzling femme fatale, sad-sack narration, slick dialogue, down-on-his-luck protagonist and unexpected death. ...

This is a film that improves with a second watch - knowing everything actually enhances the film's opening scenes, which work fine on a first watch, but take on an added gravitas when you know the weight Steve and Anna are carrying - knowing not only that a heist is on, but also a very dangerous dou... ...

It's gritty and tough - as you might discern from the film's title, which makes you think of deadly prey and desperate survival. ...

I kind of thought that the story these two men share, and the reason for what's happening, gets revealed a little too quickly - once we're half-way through the film we already know what went down between them, and the rest of the film only has the hunt to keep us interested. ...

As with time travel, I also think a lot about those quiet moments - and I can't help thinking that I was on the wrong track with this movie. ...

The movie was filmed in 3-D, but the process was so cumbersome by this stage that people started demanding normality and staying away in droves - thereby signaling the death knell of a 3-D fad. ...

I really loved the camera work in this film - marvelous for it's day. ...