Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: zz/zz/2008(USA
Release Date: 08/12/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Peace Arch
A film freak has his life turned upside down when he starts dating a real-life femme fatale in this
comedy.
Neil (
Cillian Murphy) is a dyed-in-the-wool movie fan who runs a video store, "Gumshoe Video," specializing in classic
film noir and offbeat cult items.
Neil spends nearly every evening on the couch, soaking up classic movies from the blue glow of his television;
Neil's lack of a social life has not been good for his relationships with women, and his latest girlfriend walked out on him after he declared he wanted her to be more like
Katharine Ross in
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But then
Neil meets
Violet (
Lucy Liu), a sexy and adventurous woman who is immediately taken with him. However,
Neil soon decides
Violet may be a bit
too adventurous -- while he's content to get his excitement from watching movies, she would rather throw herself into thrilling situations rather than observe them from a distance, and her appetite for danger proves to be far more than he bargained for.
Watching the Detectives was the first directorial effort from
Paul Soter, who as a member of the
Broken Lizard comedy troupe helped write the films
Super Troopers and
Beerfest.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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