The Playlist by Oliver Lyttelton

The icicle-sharp, endlessly quotable script is one of the greatest ever written, and the film remains relentlessly entertaining. If it’s not the director’s finest, it’s a testament to how much competition there is for that position.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Although Billy Wilder's 1950 Hollywood noir Sunset Boulevard gets less attention as a travelogue, it's both an examination of the dark psychological landscape of out-of-fashion show-business types (as underlined by the title) and an actual trip through its physical environment.

The New York Times by Staff (Not Credited)

Sunset Boulevard is that rare blend of pungent writing, expert acting, masterly direction and unobtrusively artistic photography which quickly casts a spell over an audience and holds it enthralled to a shattering climax.

The Telegraph by Marc Lee

Sunset Boulevard, one of the greatest movies about the movies, may be a fiction, but rarely is fiction shot through so glitteringly with real life.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Sunset Blvd. represents the center stone in Billy Wilder's glittering cinematic tiara.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

This is an unmissable commentary on Hollywood's rejection of its silent past: a kind of Sobbin' in the Rain.

Empire by Colin Kennedy

Subtle, savage and insightful but with such a big heart it is as moving as it is informative about the value of making art that moves.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Sunset Boulevard remains the best drama ever made about the movies because it sees through the illusions, even if Norma doesn't.

BBC by Adrian Hennigan

The finest movie ever made about the narcissistic hellhole that is Hollywood.

TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)

No other motion picture about Hollywood comes near Billy Wilder's searing, uncompromising and utterly fascinating portrait of the film community.