Review on Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is an American noir film that was published in 1944. The main character is Walter Neff, who works for an insurance company. One day he meets a gorgeous woman and they decide to murder her husband. They plan everything from detail to detail, however they still get into trouble.

In the first mintues of the movie, I thought that I will hate it – so did my classmates. It was black and white, the sound was really “oldish” and it seemed like a typical film that I skip when I am trying to find a normal tv-programme to watch (which is kind of hard nowadays). However I did not give up that easy and I started to pay more attention to the movie until I realized that actually it is a great story. I found it beyond exciting, I couldn’t wait one week to watch the second part of it. I was very curious about the end and it did not disappoint me at all. I was hoping that both of them will recieve their punishment, but I felt a little bit sorry for them, especially for Neff. I do not know why but I hated and I loved them at the same time.

It is hard to find things that I did not like about this movie. Maybe the only thing is that it strenghtened the common belief that all women are evil. Well, it may be true but in that case men are stupid as we can see it from Neff’s example. He let Phyllis seduce him and turn him into a murderer. He was blinded by the love and the money and he just could not think realistically.

To sum up, Double Indemnity was a pleasant disappointment for me, I did not think that I will love a film noir that much.