Laura 1944

Critics score:
100 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Thomas M. Pryor, New York Times: The picture on the whole is close to being a top-drawer mystery. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Few movies make you feel dirtier, and so perversely grateful for the pleasure. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Less a crime film than a study in levels of obsession, Laura is one of those classic works that leave their subject matter behind and live on the strength of their seductive style. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The materials of a B-grade crime potboiler are redeemed by Waldo Lydecker, walking through every scene as if afraid to step in something. Read more

TIME Magazine: A highly polished and debonair whodunit. Read more

Time Out: The plot is deliberately perfunctory, the people deliciously perverse, and the mise-en-scene radical. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Gene Tierney makes an appealing figure as the art executive and Vincent Price is convincing as a weak-willed ne'er-do-well. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: A hypnotic and deathlessly interpretable experience. Read more