Double Indemnity 1944

Critics score:
96 / 100

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TIME Magazine: Double Indemnity is the season's nattiest, nastiest, most satisfying melodrama. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Wilder trades Cain's sun-rot imagery for conventional film noir stylings, but the atmosphere of sexual entrapment survives. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Such folks as delight in murder stories for their academic elegance alone should find this one steadily diverting, despite its monotonous pace and length. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Few other directors have made so many films that were so taut, savvy, cynical and, in many different ways and tones, funny. Read more

Jessica Winter, Time Out: This is the gold standard of '40s noir, straight down the line. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: MacMurray has seldom given a better performance. It is somewhat different from his usually light roles, but is always plausible and played with considerable restraint. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: This expert night of the Hollywood soul is such a genre axiom it practically scans like a mid-'40s shopper's catalogue for noiristes ... Read more