Cillian Murphy, Dennis Gubbins, Heather Burns
Neil, a self proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite film noirs. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his munda...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
Stats: 461 reviews
As a huge fan of the Broken Lizard boys it was nice to see one of them break free as a director on a completely different style of film. The laugh out loud moments have been replaced by scenes that inspire quiet quirky giggles. It's a nice enough romantic comedy, but the quirky g...( read more)
Quirky romantic comedy that somewhat escapes the familiarity of most movie of the genre. It might lack depth, the performances might be slightly bad and the chemistry between the cast members questionable, but it's overall watchable.
Watching the Detectives is a quirky movie for movie fans. It's not incredibly original, but it does put a nerdy spin on a well-worn concept.
I mainly wanted to see this because Lucy Liu is in it, and she was by far the most interesting part. Cillian Murphy was ok, but he just s...( read more)
Watching the Detectives is a movie that was made about 10 years too late as it seems better suited for the mid-90s independent shitstorm that Mirimax seemed solely responsible for. Cillian Murphy is an indie video store owner and Lucy Liu is a cute, headfucking wackadoo who shake...( read more)
This film is about a film geek (Cillian Murphy) who falls in love with a girl (Lucy Liu) who is always up for an adventure. It is the classic romance story of a "tight-as-a-belt" man meets "raunchy, raucous yet cute and cuddly" woman and they consequently falls in love with each...( read more)
This was so funny. Cilllian Murphy was so great as a gullable pathetic guy. Lucy Lui, well, how do I put it, her character probably tops Clementine in Eternal Sunshine. She was so incredibly lovable in every way. The movie was full of hillarius shots of Cillian Murphy crying and ...( read more)
Watching the Detectives is a silly movie, full of dumb notions, about a bunch of quite believable eccentrics. Pretty much anything with Lucy Liu in it will get at least three stars from me but this lightweight comedy earned better than that. The quirky relationship was fun to wat...( read more)
haha, man! Totally crazy movie with lots of laughter. Both Cillian and Lucy were terrific! :D
ESTA PELI ME LA CHUTE SIN SUBTITULOS Y LA DISFRUTE DE MARAVILLA OBVIO ENTENDI BIEN TODO JAJA PERO ME ENKANTOOOOO MUA CILLIAN.
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This movie rocks! I know that when it get out
it will makes love rock n' roll more than ever!
Cillian's character is lovely, crazy and amazing!
HE REALY KNOWS HOW TO ACT! HE REALY DOES IT
BRILLIANT! And he rocks like a rockstar too in
this film as he was on his old band (an Irish band
from his country, were he was born).
IT WILL COME ON APRIL! STAY TUNE! IT COULD CHANGE
TO SUMMER OR SEPTEMBER!
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