Hotel Noir

Name: Hotel Noir
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: October 12, 2012
Rating: 37

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Locomotive Entertainment Group | Release Date: October 12, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: In 1950's Los Angeles, a detective hides in a hotel, hoping to escape an assassin hot on his tail. As the night progresses, he connects with the patrons of the hotel and slowly the reason behind his predicament becomes clear.

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

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The Playlist Drew Taylor

Oct 14, 2012

Whether or not you've steeped in film noir lore, Hotel Noir still plays like an enjoyable little thriller. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Oct 10, 2012

Gutierrez bathes in moodiness while remaining unconcerned with anything so pedestrian as dramatic cohesion. Read full review

Rex Reed

Oct 10, 2012

The film's weakest link is Rufus Sewell's rumpled gumshoe, inarticulate and mumbling to the point of madness. Read full review

David Fear

Oct 10, 2012

You never lose the nagging sense that you're simply watching a high-school drama club's production of '40s fatalism chic. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 12, 2012

Not quite able to make up its mind whether it's a parody or homage, this tired exercise wastes both its gorgeous visuals and a first-rate cast. Read full review

Daniel M. Gold

Oct 12, 2012

To succeed as more than a study in artifice, a film - especially one steeped in fatalism - needs to feel real. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Oct 11, 2012

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. Read full review

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HotelCentral

Apr 24, 2017

The film may well be "trite", as another reviewer claims, but these days "trite" rises so far above the typical banal fare that passes for film as to seem positively entertaining. Sorry, no endless action sequences full of colorful FX to delight the juveniles among the audience. It'sThe film may well be "trite", as another reviewer claims, but these days "trite" rises so far above the typical banal fare that passes for film as to seem positively entertaining. Sorry, no endless action sequences full of colorful FX to delight the juveniles among the audience. It's mostly dialog and mostly story and in fact all of the actresses are well short of 50. If you're a fan of crime stories you might judge it worth a 7. I wouldn't rave about it, but I did enjoy it. Not bad for a Tuesday night.

Re-released as "City of Sin." Why, I couldn't say. As 95% of the film does take pace inside a hotel.… Expand

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Nov 18, 2013

great actors put to misuse. horrid trite piece of garbage not to mention it is black and white...
all the scenes are boring. For no reason 50 year old actresses are trying to be "sexy" on the screen. There was not a single scene in the movie that I've enjoyed.

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