Mulholland Falls (1996)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Hoover	Nick Nolte	½
Katherine	Melanie Griffith
Coolidge	Chazz Palminteri	½
Eddie Hall	Michael Madsen	-
Relyea	Chris Penn	-
Fitzgerald	Treat Williams	-
Allison Pond	Jennifer Connelly	-
McCafferty	Daniel Baldwin	-
Jimmy Fields	Andrew McCarthy
Timms	John Malkovich	½
Captain	Kyle Chandler	½
Hoodlum	Rob Lowe	-
Earl	Ed Lauter	-

Review

This neo-noir directed by Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) is built like an old-fashioned gangster movie and wants to be a stylish, sophisticated and intriguing time-travel to 1950s Los Angeles. And stylistically it largely succeeds thanks to fine cinematography by Haskell Wexler and a fine ensemble of good-looking actors, with Andrew McCarthy's performance one of the positive surprises, whereas Melanie Griffith seems out of depth as Katherine. Unfortunately for Tamahori, the script is not good enough to deliver what the film's lush style promises. It's unengaging, uninventive and uninspired.