Watching the Detectives

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6.2/10

7.4K

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A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.

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A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than... Read allA film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

7.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

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Trivia
In order to keep as authentic of an American accent as possible, Cillian Murphy didn't use his true Irish accent on set until the film finished shooting.

Goofs
During Neil's "concert" for Violet, she accidentally burns a cardboard cutout's eye. Later when Neil is crying over their breakup while ringing up a customer, it shows the cutout burn-free.

Quotes
Denise: I bet you're gonna say next it's not you, it's me.
Neil: No, no, no, it's definitely you. Look, Denise, you're not enough like Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Denise: I don't know what that means!
Neil: She was so supportive, you know. She... she didn't make Paul Newman feel stupid. She went along with it.

Alternate versions
There are no less than four different versions of this film available: Runtimes are "1h 34m (94 min)"--general theatrical release, "1h 31m (91 min) (United States)"--theatrical release, "1h 34m (94 min) (Argentina)" and "1h 30m (90 min) (DVD) (Poland)".

Connections
Features La rue rouge (1945)

Soundtracks
Break & Hip
Written by Adam Sanborne (BMI)
Courtesy of S3 Music and Sound

User reviews43

Featured review

7/10

Strange, quirky, cute fluff

Like the summary says - Watching The Detectives is strange, quirky, cute fluff. Like all of us folks on IMDb (as well as the characters in this movie), we watch too many movies. Too many bad movies. Too many similar movies. Watching The Detectives knows that so it veers off in a different direction and has some fun with the Romantic Comedy formula. It's a cute little movie. Could it have been better? Yes. Could the characters have been developed more? Yes. Could Lucy Liu been any cuter? I think not!! And to think she was almost 40 when she made this movie. Think of Watching The Detectives as a well made Indie film and you'll be pleased. It's already dated as the idea of a small, local video store catering to folks who like all kinds of movies is an idea whose time has unfortunately passed, but that's also part of its charm.

Lucy Liu is great. Cillian Murphy is OK (his look is more suited to post apocalyptic movies!!). The supporting cast is good. The music is very good. In fact, the scenes where music is featured were my favorite parts of the movie.

Give it a shot if you're looking for something lite and different.