As I search to find a review online, I find it really hard to choose one. Almost every review has something great to say about both the novel and film for "Double Indemnity". I started my search on google and came across a site called goodreads.com. I found many great reviews but one definitely caught my attention. Reviewer Jeffrey Keeten starts off with a quote "I had killed a man, for money and a women. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the women." he explains how the is one of the great Noir lines of all time, and that he could stop his review right there because that line sums up the movie and i'd have to completely agree. As Jeffrey starts to talk about both the novel and film he goes into speaking about the Femme Fatale Phyllis, how she could be one the most viperous examples in history. He explains the difference in the way Phyllis was portrayed in the film as being more of a deviously manipulative than in the novel which I have to agree on, maybe because we were able to actual see and visualize her. Then he starts on about Huff and gives a great example of Huff's relationship towards Phyllis as " She being the carrot and he is the greyhound running around the track." Jeffrey believes that there is no hesitation about Huff and that he's not sure what was more important to Huff pulling off the perfect swindle or winning the girl; in which Jeffrey agrees to him pulling off the perfect swindle. I'd have to agree with him if it was directly related to the novel but as I watched the film they made Huff and Phyllis out to be as if they were truly in love with each other whereas in the novel they seemed to only be in love before the murder and used it as an excuse for the murder of Mr. Nirdlinger.
Jeffrey Keetan finishes off his review with greatly recommending both the novel and film. He says that he generally liked both but much rather enjoyed the novel because there was more depth to the characters and more subplots that can be incorporated into the flow of the novel, but even a movie that butchers the original source material can be a great movie. I believe Jeffrey did a great job in describing his view of both the novel and film and was able to put them into words that everyone could relate too. Overall I definitely recommend this site, I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the reviews. For the most part all of the reviewers loved "Double Indemnity" as did I and would recommend both the novel and film. Both leaving you with wanting more but yet it being just enough.
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