Devil in a Blue DressTriStar
September 29, 1995
Crime Drama
DVD
B-
This neo-noir mostly works well, with its blend of mystery and social commentary, although there were times I found it confusing, and others that I found it predictable. (I knew the Beals character was "passing" as soon as I saw her.) The look and sound of 1940s Los Angeles are especially well done.
Carl Franklin directed and wrote the screenplay based on the Walter Mosley novel. Denzel's then 11-year-old son, John David Washington, appears very briefly at the end, as Boy with Toy Rifle, 23 years before he'd star in BlacKKKlansman.
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