The New York Times gave it a score of 100 and said in its commentary, "Seduction. Human and beautiful, mocking and distorted, the intricate plot with wonderful performances dedicated to the best film of the year, not one. ”

"Brilliant and engaging!" This is the "New Yorker" review, short and incisive, but these two simple words are not enough to express their approval of the film, and a perfect score of 100 becomes the second argument.

The San Francisco Chronicle's comments surprised many people, who were not optimistic about the film's box office prospects before its release, and even considered it a provocation to Hugo's appeal today, plus they have been causing trouble all this time, so everyone thought they would find fault with the movie. But in fact, the "San Francisco Chronicle" not only did not find faults, but instead sent a 100-point evaluation, which seems to confirm their objective and fair image of not doing things and people.

"One of the best crime drama movies in the past ten years, an undoubted absolute masterpiece!"

Although the review is not long, it is still full of praise, at least for readers, the "San Francisco Chronicle" also voted for the film.

The Wall Street Journal commented, "Since 'Chinatown', the most exciting, meticulous, most profound and delicious meal!" "Chinatown" was released to critical acclaim in 1974 and won eleven Oscar nominations that year.

In addition, the Wall Street Journal also gave a perfect score of 100, which is the sixth perfect score in the first batch of comments on "L.A. Confidential".

The Washington Post increased the number of perfect scores to seven, and commented, "The viewing process of 'L.A. Confidential' tells everyone how to make a movie that satisfies everyone and praises them a lot; And how wonderful and unforgettable the process of watching the movie is. ”

The Chicago Tribune's review was the most striking exception of the first reviews: "The film is like a good bull's eye: well-cooked, well-heated, juicy, absolutely savory, too old for more, too fishy for less!" ”

The analogy is really interesting, and after the review they added, "The whole movie reveals an attitude, from the director to the screenwriter to the actors, the dedication and dedication that goes all in; The whole movie projects an emotion, including a terrifying combination of punches, blow after blow, which makes people dizzy and have no breathing room. But the most interesting thing is that it gives up the demon's secret with a big smile. ”

The Chicago Tribune continued their usual style of black humor and quipped, "Lancaster has once again sounded the clarion call to rule Hollywood: Oscar-winning statuette, please pay attention, the robber Lancaster is coming." Then they also gave a perfect score of 100 points, and paid high tribute to the film.

In a review of the American Weekly, he said, "The perfect plot setup, the perfect pacing, the perfect performance digging, everything is so perfect." The perfect Kevin Spacey meets the perfect Hugo Lancaster with a standing ovation of the highest respect. ”

Such praise, and an incredible score of 100 points, made the number of perfect scores in the first batch of "L.A. Confidential" film reviews reach an astonishing nine!

Among the thirty-three first film reviews, the perfect score is almost close to one-third, which is too frightening. However, there is praise and criticism, and although the San Francisco Chronicle unexpectedly gave a perfect score, the opposition still exists.

The New York Post did not miss the opportunity to write a professional review for the first time, "a fascinating, brilliant piece of entertainment that digs deep into the heart of Hollywood's corruption and at the same time has an extraordinary entertainment effect." "L.A. Confidential" pays tribute to the great film noir of the past, but after all, it lacks a breath, the core excavation and character creation are missing, and the climactic confrontation does not meet expectations is the biggest regret. ”

As Hugo's staunchest opponent for a long time in the past, the "New York Post" died down after the "Seven Deadly Sins" and completely learned after "Independence Day", not because Hugo's current position could not be challenged, on the contrary, the focus of attention like Hugo, any bit of lace news can become a hype topic - otherwise the publicity period of "Batman and Robin" would not have been so smooth, but Colin Mailer clearly realized that using Hugo is the right way, and negative news or positive news is good, the interests are eternal.

It's like the core of the story of "L.A. Confidential".

Therefore, although the "New York Post" still sang the opposite tune this time, giving the lowest score of 75 points in the first batch of film reviews, in fact, a lot of affirmation was still given in the reviews. In this way, although the "New York Post" cannot become a bird, it can at least ensure the bottom line of sales. Colin's transformation seems to have a corresponding image in "Los Angeles Confidential", is this a good thing or a bad thing?

The San Francisco Chronicle gave it a score of 100, while the San Francisco Observer gave it a score of 75, which is an interesting contrast. The latter said in a film review, "It's 'The Night Long Dream Duo (The. Big。 Sleep)' and 'The Maltese Falcon. Maltese。 Falcon)'s echo -- in a vast plain. ”

"Long Nights" and "The Maltese Falcon" are both classics of the 40s, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of film history black detective films, and the "San Francisco Observer" compared "L.A. Confidential" with these two works, obviously thinking that the gap in the middle is still very large, and the huge gap even makes the echo unable to bounce back quickly.

Such a clever metaphor is also unbearable, but the 75-point evaluation still shows their attitude.

In addition, the "USA Today" score is only 75 points, "The story is so complex that the movie can't be told clearly, and the loss of details makes the viewing process very brain-draining." But the movie is really full of deep energy, and there are great performances from Kevin Spacey and Hugo Lancaster. ”

Three seventy-five points is the lowest score in the first batch of film reviews. It can be seen from here that although there are still people criticizing "Los Angeles Confidential", the score is still higher than 70 points, which is very rare for a feature movie.

To make a horizontal comparison, the first batch of "Seven Deadly Sins" has 22 reviews, but the comprehensive media evaluation is only 75 points, and the film has sparked countless discussions and controversies, especially for David Fincher's filming techniques; But relatively speaking, the narrative style of "L.A. Confidential" has been unanimously praised, and Nicholas compares the film to "The Godfather" not without reason - of course, "The Godfather" has received a perfect score of 100 points in 14 media reviews, which is a record that no one has been able to surpass so far, and "L.A. Confidential" is not good.

However, compared with the "Seven Deadly Sins," the lowest score of "Los Angeles Secrets" is as high as 75 points -- the same as the "Seven Deadly Sins" media evaluation, and the media evaluation after 33 comments is even higher than 93 points.

A joking quote from the Chicago Tribune sparked a lot of dark laughter, "Luckily, there was no Brad Pitt this time." ”

In addition, the media is also full of praise for the performances of the leading actors of "L.A. Confidential", and the duel between Hugo and Kevin has become the focus of everyone's attention, "Talented, sparkling, and wonderful, the two top actors have delivered one of the greatest rivalry scenes to date, and the performance power between gestures is amazing", "The change in aura between Lancaster and Spacey guides the trend of almost the entire film, making the work full of an exhilarating charm", "Hugo's understatement, Kevin's ease of playing has turned acting into an art and watching movies into a kind of enjoyment", "There is no doubt that several rivalry scenes between Hugo and Kevin have become the biggest highlights of the whole film, which deeply makes the soul feel that kind of touch", "Hugo and Kevin told a perfect and standardized acting teaching experimental lesson: how to complete the character creation in a limited space, and how to burst out with the spark of the rival actors"......

The exclamation of the "New Yorker" is the most representative, "When Hugo meets Kevin, every frame of the film becomes art, which is intoxicating." In the comments, they believe that the acting control that these two actors exude from the inside out is on the verge of perfection and is enough to reach the palace level.

In addition, Charlize's 10,000 green from a little red has also received a lot of attention, "delicate and sexual." sense, Theron brought the weapon of appearance to the extreme, vividly connecting the whole story", "The perfect combination of appearance and interior, the broken soul behind the glamorous red lips, is so moving under Theron's interpretation", "The rivalry between Charlize and Hugo is undoubtedly the cherry on the cake of the Black Forest, applaud", "Charlize's interpretation of Lynn is not only the most wonderful scenery in the whole story, but also the brightest hope in the entire dark society", "Complex, profound, fragile, sensitive, beautiful...... Charlize's Lynn has the ability to swoon everyone"......

It can be seen that the media is also full of praise for Charlize's performance, in fact, not only that, Russell Crowe, James Cromwell, David Strathon, Danny DeVito have been praised, and even more incredible, the media actually noticed Heath Ledger for the first time!

Even the "New York Post", "San Francisco Observer", and "USA Today", while they criticized, could not deny that this is a very good work, and the completion of the whole film is amazing, and the script, actors, directors, cinematography and other aspects form a perfect echo to create such an excellent work.

"Great actors are an important part of the success of the whole film! Every actor! ”