
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.... (Full plot summary below)
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Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Leave your thoughts about Hotel Noir.
| The PlaylistDrew TaylorWhether or not you've steeped in film noir lore, Hotel Noir still plays like an enjoyable little thriller. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedThe film's weakest link is Rufus Sewell's rumpled gumshoe, inarticulate and mumbling to the point of madness. |
| Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerGutierrez bathes in moodiness while remaining unconcerned with anything so pedestrian as dramatic cohesion. |
| Time OutDavid FearYou never lose the nagging sense that you're simply watching a high-school drama club's production of '40s fatalism chic. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohThis film noir homage should have been fun, but it's cheaply shot and indifferently conceived |
| The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldTo succeed as more than a study in artifice, a film - especially one steeped in fatalism - needs to feel real. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNot quite able to make up its mind whether it's a parody or homage, this tired exercise wastes both its gorgeous visuals and a first-rate cast. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's hard to know whether Sebastian Gutierrez is imitating or satirizing the hard-boiled noirs of Hollywood's past, but either way it feels like a botched attempt. |
| User ReviewFred BI liked this interesting little movie... It is nice to see something other than current garbage from Hollywood!!! I have to say I love Sebastian Gutierrez's work!!! |
| User ReviewHotelCentralThe film may well be "trite", as another reviewer claims, but these days "trite" rises so far above the typical banal fare that passes for film as to seem positively entertaining. Sorry, no endless action sequences full of colorful FX to delight the juveniles among the audience. It's mostly dialog and mostly story and in fact all of the actresses are well short of 50. If you're a fan of crime stories you might judge it worth a 7. I wouldn't rave about it, but I did enjoy it. Not bad for a Tuesday night. Re-released as "City of Sin." Why, I couldn't say. As 95% of the film does take pace inside a hotel. |