L.A. Confidential
Published December 21, 2025
Film info
- Title L.A. Confidential
- Director Curtis Hanson
- Year 1997
- Run time 2hrs 18m
- Genres Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Tagline Everything is suspect... everyone is for sale... and nothing is what it seems.
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:48 | “Become a movie star. Or at least see one.” |
| 8:11 | His quiz to be a detective is pretty offputting. |
| 11:50 | Always amazed by the lights and camera flashes of the olden days. |
| 17:41 | Incredibly different approaches. Snitch vs not-a-snitch. |
| 24:51 | Danny DeVito narrating is fab. |
| 36:08 | 48 two man teams. Wow. |
| 45:41 | “Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?” |
| 50:23 | The Irish guy’s accent comes and goes and it’s very distracting. |
| 59:07 | “It’ll look like justice.” Hmm. |
| 1:10:02 | I think we should bring dig back. I dig it. |
| 1:17:05 | “Is that why you became a cop? To get even?’ Not a good reason. |
| 1:31:32 | Haha, “she is Lana Turner.” |
| 1:40:26 | The last five minutes have been incredible. |
| 1:51:11 | “You want to tear all that down?” “With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?” |
| 2:07:43 | He doesn’t have any evidence, and everyone is dead. |
Thoughts
We tried to watch this a while back and opted to pause because it looked like it was Christmassy. Turns out, it’s really not a Christmas movie at all… although, I think it suits this time of year more than summer, so it’s worked out okay really. The first half an hour is really slow, I was bored, I’m not going to lie. It’s so male-focused and none of these characters are particularly sympathetic, although there is some great acting going on.
I wasn’t enjoying it, but then, that five minutes where bang, Kevin Spacey gets shot and then boom, the guy says Rollo Tomasi and Exley pieces it together. WOW. That was worth all of it, so good. After that I was more into it and it plays out very well to the end. So mixed reviews for me, but I can see why people love it.
Rating: 3 / 5