The Black Dahlia

Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson might be the only two of the breed of young actors that can pull off realistically portraying 1940's characters. This movie was graphic and brought to mind old-time detective movies. It felt artsy-fartsy and contrived like they were making it with the Academy awards in mind making the filmmakers grab you instead of the story itself. Considering I very rarely give any movie a thumbs down, this gets an unenthusiastic and weak thumbs up.