The Big Bang

The Big Bang (2011)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 26% of users liked it
    (1,369 ratings)

Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend-and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her, the… More

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Directed By
Genres
Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
May 13, 2011 Limited
On DVD
May 24, 2011
Independent Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    Where else can you see a movie where a sexy waitress says, "Reality is just a wave function"?

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    For a noir, the film is way too talky and convoluted, yet for a physics lesson, it's trash.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    Is Antonio Banderas's career really such a big bust? On the one hand, it's a shame to see a talented guy slumming in this budget-bin thriller. On the other, it'd be entirely unwatchable without him.

  • Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times

    Even with Antonio Banderas leading a cast of familiar faces, the movie never rises above a style-over-substance exercise.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    I have a mental picture of the film's creators, stoned out of their minds on who knows what, cackling crazily as they outline a movie that would have more appropriately been titled "The Big Goof."

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    This must be my Bad Movie week. This one sucks, making 2 in a row. 3=19=13 1 star

  • Al S


    A smart, sharp and outragiously weird crime-thriller that`s loaded with a great sense of classic film noir style, ideas and star-power. One of the most original and stylish films of the year. It`s strange, bizare and insanely enjoyable. A wickedly enjoyable and exciting edge of your… More

  • Greg S


    An L.A. private eye (Antonio Banderas) goes looking for a missing stripper and uncovers a twisted plot involving the Russian mob, stolen diamonds, and the search for the God particle. The extreme stylization and ultra-quirky twists with will make it just watchable for some but… More

  • Manu G


    The search for the ultimate missing person ends... at the beginning of time. Very very weak. I'm sure the director was trying something new but it failed badly. The story is very badly written and the acting, well let's just say there wasn't any. Nice cast gone to… More

  • Matt G


    I wanted to like this, I really did, but this noir film fails as an action, as a romance, and as a film in general. I still don't understand the plot.

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