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Hotel Noir

Play trailer Poster for Hotel Noir Released Oct 12, 2012 1h 37m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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As night turns to day, a 1950s detective meets an assortment of haunted characters as he hides from assassins in a downtown Los Angeles hotel.
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Daniel M. Gold New York Times To succeed as more than a study in artifice, a film - especially one steeped in fatalism - needs to feel real. Rated: 2/5 Oct 11, 2012 Full Review Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter A first-rate cast and stunning black-and-white visuals aren't enough to make this homage to classic film noir successful. Oct 11, 2012 Full Review Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News It's hard to know whether Sebastian Gutierrez is imitating or satirizing the hard-boiled noirs of Hollywood's past, but either way it feels like a botched attempt. Rated: 1/5 Oct 11, 2012 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International This film noir homage should have been fun, but it's cheaply shot and indifferently conceived Oct 12, 2012 Full Review Prairie Miller NewsBlaze Though the kooky tale could have been more focused with fewer punchlines, all that seems to be missing is the dame called toots perhaps remarking to her latest possible infatuation: Is that a Kalashnikov in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me. Oct 8, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/21 Full Review Audience Member 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!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member 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... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis As night turns to day, a 1950s detective meets an assortment of haunted characters as he hides from assassins in a downtown Los Angeles hotel.
Director
Sebastian Gutierrez
Producer
Steve Bing, Sebastian Gutierrez, Zach Schwartz
Screenwriter
Sebastian Gutierrez
Distributor
Shangri-La Entertainment
Production Co
Gato Negro Films
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2016
Runtime
1h 37m
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