"...INDEMNITY has all the classic elements..."
USA Today "The noir formula takes a giant step forward: a domineering femme fatale; a dark, Expressionist visual style; and a violent, unhappy ending..."
Premiere "[O]ne of the most memorable thrillers in Hollywood history."
Sight and Sound "Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis was the greatest of the hardboiled noir temptresses."
Uncut Ranked #3 in Uncut's Best DVDs Of 2005 -- "The ultimate sex-greed-death classic."
Uncut "Film noir doesn't get more classic than Billy Wilder's 1944 tale of greed and lust."
Rolling Stone "Stanwyck cracks wise...while dripping pheromones." -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly "DOUBLE INDEMNITY belongs to the early stages of American film noir....[With] a gallery of great character actors..."
New York Times 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts seamless pressure-cooker construction -- Wilder considered it his greatest film -- allows the temperature to ratchet slowly to boiling point."
Total Film