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Mulholland Falls (1996)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 6/16

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6/16: Think of Mulholland Falls as The Four Stooges with Hats.

Looking up who directed it, I was like, "Lee Tamahori? Lee Tamahori?" A familiar name notwithstanding, I drew a blank. After checking out his résumé, it seems he had spent a part of his career directing sequels. Interestingly, in 2006, Lee Tamahori, while dressed up as a woman, was arrested for offering an undercover cop oral sex.

Okay, back to the film. Basically, it's about finding out the reason why the hooker with the most amazing breasts was killed. That's it. The movie ends. John Malkovich is grinning from ear to ear for having touched them.

Nick Nolte is fine. Everybody else is wasted. There's no point for having Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, and Chris Penn on board. I'm surprised that Andrew McCarthy was cast. I thought his career died at the end of the 80's, and this is 1996. By the way, atomic bombs don't create craters.

All in all, Mulholland Falls is a slightly better movie than L.A. Confidential, but it's still a stinker all the same.