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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) 7.7
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Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 312 user | 209 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. Director:Shane Black |
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A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role... Written by austin4577@aol.com
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SeX. MurdEr. MyStery. Welcome to the party. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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14 September 2005 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$53,872 (South Africa) (25 November 2005)Gross:
$4,235,837 (USA) (6 January 2006)Company Credits
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Written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren (as Frederick Perren)
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Harmony's baseball bat carries the inscription "Wonder Girl" which is a homage to Robert Redford's bat in The Natural which was called "Wonder Boy". See more »Goofs
When Harry is eluding police in New York City, a Los Angeles MTA bus passes by in the background. See more »Crazy Credits
After the credits, the Warner Brothers logo appears to melt as if this part of the film was left in front of the bulb too long. See more »Soundtracks
"I WILL SURVIVE"Written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren (as Frederick Perren)
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I didn't expect much from this at all, but it turned out pretty good. Think of a Raymond Chandler murder mystery, updated to a sort of modern and enormously... self-aware buddy film-noir. Yes, a buddy-movie, film-noir, murder mystery, crime-thriller, all rolled into one hip modern self-referential update, packed with amusing references to all the clichés of the genres depicted. Before you can even think about the next cliché in the film, it grabs it, makes a mockery of it and proceeds at break-neck pace.
Petty thief Harry Lockhardt (Downey) is a lovable loser who accidentally winds up in the movie business, auditioning for the part of a private detective. Val Kilmer plays the real private eye, Perry Shrike (half the fun is picking the right name!) who has to learn him the trades of the business, but soon they both wind up in a murder mystery with so many twists and turns (and bodies), it'll make your head spin.
Downey and Kilmer seem to have the time of their lives, but not to the viewer's expense. Perhaps a bit too clever for it's own good with so many "clever" plot turns, that I was lost in the end, but perhaps I'm not as clever as I wish to. And I must say, Michelle Monaghan! Wow! She really gave one sexy performance! It derails a bit in the end and goes so wildly over the top with shaggy-dog jokes, ridiculously stupid bad guys and buddy-clichés, it makes Austin Powers look like a straight-faced classic. But as a whole very entertaining, with snappy dialogue, clever writing, and enjoyable performances. Just lots of fun.
Camera Obscura --- 8/10