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Trixie (2000) 5.0
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5.0/10 from 1,090 users
Metascore: 26/100
Reviews: 33 user | 37 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com An eccentric, unconventional woman whose naive aspirations to rise from her job as a security guard to full-fledged private eye lead her into a tangled PL: mess. Director:Alan Rudolph |
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| Emily Watson | ... | ||
| Dermot Mulroney | ... | ||
| Nick Nolte | ... | ||
| Nathan Lane | ... | ||
| Brittany Murphy | ... | ||
| Lesley Ann Warren | ... | ||
| Will Patton | ... | ||
| Stephen Lang | ... | ||
| Mark Acheson | ... | ||
| Vincent Gale | ... | ||
| Jason Schombing | ... | ||
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Wendy Noel | ... |
Coffee Shop Waitress
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David Kopp | ... |
Bell Boy
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Emily Watson stars as Trixie, an eccentric woman who aspires to quit her job as a security guard and become a private detective. However, comedy intervenes and the mess begins... Written by Ari Herzog <ari@ici.net>
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The only crime she couldn't solve was the murder of the English languageMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some language, sexuality and violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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18 August 2000 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Triksi See more »Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBox Office
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$41,620 (USA) (30 June 2000)Gross:
ESP 16,198,370 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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Written by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Performed by Nathan Lane
Published by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP)
o/b/o/ Stratford Music Corporation
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Senator Avery talks about going for his 8th term but this is impossible. Even assuming the shortest possible time in office (serving only one day of a vacated Senator's position as his first term plus 5 full terms of 6 years each and he is speaking on the first day of his 7th term) this equals 30 years and two days. He directly states he is 52 and you cannot become a Senator unless you are at least 30 meaning he must be an absolute minimum of 60 yeas and two days old. See more »Soundtracks
"The Late Late Show"Written by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Performed by Nathan Lane
Published by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP)
o/b/o/ Stratford Music Corporation
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One needs a certain warped sense of humor to enjoy this film. Trixie (Emily Watson) is a self proclaimed `Private Defective' whose butchery of English is nothing short of cleavacle. Her command of idioms is not as bad as it is worse. She is Norm Crosby taken to the tenth powder. She mixes semaphores with a high-speed blender. Her malapropriations are so funny they border on historical.
The writing of Trixie's dialogue by Alan Rudolph is extremely clever, but the story that surrounds it is very quirky, meandering off point constantly. I'm not a big fan of Rudolph's wry style of directing, but this film actually has its moments. Some of the things that pop out of Trixie's mouth are priceless. I found myself tolerating the boring story to hear what she would say next.
Emily Watson's performance is excellent. She gives Trixie a naïve charm and gritty determination that is fun to watch. It is hard to fathom how she is able to say her lines with a straight face. Her Chicago accent is horrendous though. Nathan Lane also gives a tragically droll performance and Nick Nolte is absurdly humorous in his caricature of the corrupt state senator.
This film was pounded by almost everyone, but I like this kind of word gymnastics, so I enjoyed it despite itself. I rated it a 6/10. If you can appreciate a punny character without much of a story, it might be worth a try.