There aren't more than two dozen good filmes noires that have ever been made in color. This is one of them. The bad guys are BAD. There are no good women. The cops are hard to tell from the crooks, if there's really any difference except the regular paycheck and pension. Everybody in this does a good job, and the leads (who aren't necessarily those you'd think could) handle the material well, even when all they do are reaction shots (viz: some of V. Madsen's scenes). There's one more thing: the sound track. A film noir needs the right one, and this film has it. The long,bluesy tune played in the office sex scene is a classic. It's the kind of film that, later in their careers, some of these folks in it are going to look back and say "Damn, that was GOOD!". But one question: how does IMDb give this film five stars when no rater gave it less than 7 and a few gave it ten?
Review of Caroline at Midnight
