Chinatown Review

Private investigator J.J. Gittes is hired by a woman pretending to be Evelyn Mulwray, wife of Hollis Mulwray who is in charge of the city's water supply, to find out if Hollis is cheating on her. Gittes does what he does best, takes pictures of Hollis with another woman, but this investigation turns out to be more than just a marital problem when Hollis turns up dead. The real Evelyn Mulwray then hires Gittes and he is out to find out what happend to Mr. Mulwray. He soon discovers that the family is full of more scandal than just a murder. The movie starts out a little slow as you are first convinced that Mr. Mulwray is just spending all of his time starring at various bodies of water. However once it picks up it is definately shocking as the series of discoveries unfold.

I did not really find any of the characters in Chinatown particularly likeable, and I think a movie should have at least one likeable character, but the acting was convincing. The plot was engaging because different mysteries were added along the way. I enjoyed the few jokes that broke up the tension in the movie. As a firs time viewer the movie was entertaining, but I would not watch it again.

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