MovieChat Forums > Mulholland Falls (1996) Discussion > This movie's plot and characters were no...

This movie's plot and characters were not developed well

posted 17 years ago by reservoirdog1986
2 replies | jump to latest

The four cops seemed to be the same, except Palmenteri. His character was the only person who was different and had volume. Madsen is a great actor, but his role just required standing around and acting tough. Same with Chris Penn. And Nick Nolte did good, but he just seemed like a dude going through a mid life crisis.

This movie had alot of potential, but it was bad due to the lack of development and the depth of characters.

[–] Noir-It-All 17 years ago

Palmenteri's character did change the most.

"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne

[–] DC-Tiki 16 years ago

I think I have to agree with you there, the film has all the right elements to make a great classic noir-ish tale yet somehow falls flat. Slow pacing and not much flair shown by the director somewhat explain for this perhaps? I agreew ith you about the 4 cops characters, does Chris Penn even have any worthwhile lines?? At least Madsen got a few in.