Mulholland Falls (1996)

R04/26/1996Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime1h 47m

The power of love vs. the love of power.

Overview

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Nick Nolte

    Max Hoover

  2. Cast 1

    Melanie Griffith

    Katherine Hoover

  3. Cast 1

    Chazz Palminteri

    Elleroy Coolidge

  4. Cast 1

    Michael Madsen

    Eddie Hall

  5. Cast 1

    Chris Penn

    Arthur Relyea

  6. Cast 1

    Treat Williams

    Fitzgerald

  7. Cast 1

    Jennifer Connelly

    Allison Pond

  8. Cast 1

    Daniel Baldwin

    McCafferty

  9. Cast 1

    Andrew McCarthy

    Jimmy Fields

Well.... Andrew McCarthy does an excellent job, but everyone else kind of phones it in, including the director. It's supposed to be a kind of Neo Noir, but it never really feels as gritty or as mysterious as a noir should and the femme fatales never really feel as fatal and ominous and devious as they should. The detectives aren't really hard boiled, not even Madison who always seems to be hard boiled. The detectives also never really get around to doing much detecting. In the end it's really, honestly, only Andrew McCarthy that even looks like he's trying. Other than that it's just f...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$29,000,000.00

Revenue $11,500,000.00

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