Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls(1996) has a good premise but fails to realize its potential as a great film. The depiction of The Hat squad is good and the image of L.A. during the early 50s is beautiful. The rest of the film lifts ideas that were better realized in films like The Big Heat(1953), and Chinatown(1974). Another complaint I have of this movie is that Jennifer Connelly has very little screen time and I would have liked to see more of her because she has a presence that overshadows the other actors(her character is the only person to sympathize with). Mulholland Falls(1996) would be remade in a sense a year later as L.A. Confidential(1997).