Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
L.A. Confidential has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of L.A. Confidential (1997)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 May 2011
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Review of L.A. Confidential (1997)
By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Jun 2009
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L.A. Confidential was released in 1997 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 873 reviews, giving L.A. Confidential (1997) an average rating of 86%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 92% and users giving an average score of 89%.
With a score of 86%, L.A. Confidential is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 58%.
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