There's an article (http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1497596,00.html) in the Graun on how it isn't really film noire.

I mean, that's like complaining that icecream isn't as good as it used to be because they have found out how to add crunchy bits to vanilla, strawberry and chocolate, and imported ideas from America. Really!