The Long Goodbye

Fun American take on James Bond movies. Better though.

I never get tired of this movie. I love the 70's L.A. vibe and California scenery. It's as if you privy to seeing everything through the director's lens and it's captured forever in time. Elliott Gould's charm and sarcasm is brilliant. Sterling Hayden has such a presence and plays his character just wonderfully. Love Van Pallandt, she is stunning, hip and classy and the twist at the end proves you can't judge a book by it's cover. People are not what they seem except for detective Marlowe who is just himself and a really likable guy, in fact every character Elliot Gould has ever done is very enjoyable, he is one of the greats.

Kinda like a chain smoking james bond nior, long strange scenes with no relation to the plot. Trys too hard to look like hes not trying.

Very disappointing. So far from the book is my main regret. Elliott Gould is a chain smoking slob which gets old very quickly. Long boring non stories like his cat or the hippie girls he lives next to just add padding and an excuse to show some topless women. Wouldn’t recommend it

What a load of tosh! Clunky, poorly written, very lazily acted, and nowhere near the 'noir' wannabe it seems to be aiming for. A crisp, intelligent detective movie this is not. Some merit to be gleaned from the artistic value of the film, I suppose

This film is far from the book, the whole cat scene is a new addition, Marlowe is now a slob dimwit instead of the crisp intelligence character we know. Dr v is missing bright boy and found all to quickly. Homophobic language added in that was not required or in the book. As a takeaway on 70s America it scores well. Just a far cry from what Raymond Chandler created.

Nice pacing and naturalistic acting makes this detective film a pleasant watch frame by frame.

A decent private eye movie. Elliot Gould is surprisingly good. Plus, Jack Riley.

Ughhh, what a travesty. I had just finished reading the Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. A classic noir and Chandler's masterpiece. The film was chopped up like a badly made tossed salad with loads of pieces scrapped and too many parts of the plot changed. Gould, to me, was not Philip Marlowe. I know this is a 70s film and there are loads of critics who are gaga over it. Gave it a 2 because some of the cinematography is excellent.

Very good adaptation of the novel set in the 70s with a different take on Philip Marlowe. Elliot Gould still plays a smart assed pi with poor luck and many enemies.