The Maltese Falcon

"It's all style. It isn't violence or chases, but the way the actors look, move, speak and embody their characters (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"A fast mystery-thriller with quality and charm (...) Much of the quality of the picture lies in its excellent revelation of character (...) Don't miss 'The Maltese Falcon' if your taste is for mystery fare" 

"An unassailable triumph of script, casting, direction and editing (...) Thoroughly engaging and thought provoking detective movie with a knock-out central performance from Bogart (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"It reveals, in startling terms, the unheralded talent of topflight scenarist, John Huston (...) Directorially, the picture is incredibly intricate" 

"This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form. Unfolding a most intriguing and entertaining murder mystery, picture displays outstanding excellence in writing, direction, acting and editing" 

"Pale compared to the Howard Hawks films that followed (...) The visual style, with its exaggerated vertical compositions, is striking but not particularly expressive, and its thematics are limited to intimations of absurdism" 

"[It] brought the detective movie into the modern world (...) A landmark film, still fresh and vigorous 66 years after it was made. They had fun and now it's your turn (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"