Hotel Noir

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03/12/2022 It had potential but fell short lacking the proper dynamic to set it off. Good array of solid actors and the dialogue was decent, but it was actors telling stories with little action or much else of interest going on. Maybe this should have just been in book form and save the film for when you've got something visually interesting going on. See more 02/25/2021 This film has an interesting cast and it’s a nice premise but the directing is awful. The film is so low budget movie feels very stagey like a high school production at times. The plot is a mess and everything is more confusing than what it should be. There was some potential here but overall this movie is a bore. See more 01/12/2019 I liked this interesting little movie... It is nice to see something other than current garbage from Hollywood!!! I have to say I love Sebastian Gutierrez's work!!! See more 08/27/2014 If you're in the mood for light story-telling that's well thought out then Hotel Noir is a fine place to spend an evening... See more 02/01/2014 Putting the word "noir" in the title and making the film black and white doesn't make a film noir ... this is wannabe noir. It is a knock-off. It is a fake Louis Vuitton as when noir is done right it is a respectably classy piece of work with some luxurious camerawork, high-skilled acting and exquisite directing. Hotel Noir believes it can simply capture the mood and feel of noir by giving us a monochrome palette and a couple of questionable female characters wanting to be femme fatales (none of them really are here). There isn't enough development here and the characters are all thinly-written ... and with voice-over narration (ugh!) by an extremely minor character (Danny DeVito - Twins), the film feels forced and fake. Hotel Noir gives its audience a series of stories that are all supposed to tie together in the titular hotel ... but the writers have forgotten to give us a character to like and/or root for. A guy (Rufus Sewell - 'The Wire') being a "good" detective isn't enough reason to like someone nor are damsels being distressed (Carla Gugino - Sin City / Malin Akerman - Couples Retreat) enough reason to honestly care about them either. Hotel Noir hopes it has a bit of a story but it doesn't really. It is rather boring ... even with a decent cast that also includes Kevin Connolly, Mandy Moore, Robert Forster, Michael B. Jordan and Rosario Dawson. You don't have to check-in to this Hotel ... find some noir done right instead. See more Read all reviews

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