Watching the Detectives

2007

Action / Comedy / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 6632 6.6K

Plot summary

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.


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Jason Sudeikis as Jonathan
Lucy Liu as Violet
Josh Gad as Mark
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1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by steve1480 7 / 10

many great laughs in a shallow pond

This is an original movie with some amazingly funny and surprising moments, some preposterously bad acting and action, and a premise and resolution that really strains the imagination. Plus some very very good lines. It's a movie that plays, rather joyously, at 'being dumb' (Lucy Liu's nipple pops out of her dress and remains there for a whole scene) but creates hysterical situations and carries them off thru the sheer pleasure of Murphy's enthusiasm. Liu's athleticism is on subtle display and it is pretty amazing. It also has two of the best rock and roll moments I've ever seen in films; one, a great indie band in a club running thru the heart riff of a unique song and two, a highly produced backyard karaoke performance that perfectly resolves the needs of the film's moment. The ending is kind of forced but to come up with a real resolution of this story would take a writer of true genius. Summary: not so good, but you can't find this many laughs of this quality very easily. A must-see for a totally non-serious I-don't-know-what-to-do-today day.

Reviewed by dobbin-4 8 / 10

Brilliant

I absolutely loved it!!! and that is said with all my confidence. This movie is the movie lovers movie and shows all it is worth with movie references, spoofs (The movie as a whole is not a spoof) and a few twists from movies previously made. The show is so mindbreakingly clever and witty that after wards the viewer is left with a very happy feeling that they viewed something worth seeing. The film is hilarious for 1 even 2 views and is SO much better then other crap coming out nowadays. I do not want to tell you the end but it is worth it as there is 2 or 3 twists you will NOT see.Overall a fan of movies will love this and even a person who ONCE a week sits down for a movie will enjoy this cinematic Masterpiece. I rate this film 82%.

Reviewed by KineticSeoul 7 / 10

Different and really good for a low-budget romantic comedy

This is one of those movies that had the potential to be great and immensely entertaining. It's still a good movie, but it falls short in certain areas. The premise is what drives this movie. It's basically about this guy that is passionate about movies, but that is all he does. He watches movies and relates real life to movies and like a lot of people he gets bored with real life. But than he meets this loose cannon of a girl that always likes to go out and do crazy stuff. So yeah, cool premise. But it just needed something more, and more out of the box scenarios. Something to really bust out of real life and maybe even more scenarios where they put themselves in few movie scenarios. Overall though, this is still a different romance comedy that is really good for a romantic comedy.

7.7/10

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