Watching The Detectives

Watching The Detectives (2007)
Seen on DVD 10th August 2008

Video Stores were the theme of the viewing that night.

STORY: 6/7
Cillian Murphy plays Neil, a mild mannered movie nerd. He owns his own video store and lives out his life through old movies. That is until the day that he meets Violet (Lucy Liu.) She doesn't watch TV or movies because she prefers to live out her own adventures. As they get to know each other Violet turns Neil's life upside down and gets him into quite a bit of trouble.

ACTING: 5/7
Cillian Murphy is great in EVERYTHING that he does. Luct Liu is quite good in her role too. Fun and bubbly and yet very dark at the same time.

CINE / VISUAL EFFECTS: 3.5/7
It's a kind of generic looking movie however the opening sequence was quite nice

SCORE / SOUND: 4/7
Fun, cool... not something that you'll really walk away humming but still quite nice.

SONGS: N/A


OVERALL: 5.5/7


Interesting Facts -
- Neil mentions that "The City of Lost Children" is by the same director as "Delicatessen"
- That director is Jean-Pierre Jeunet and i have BOTH of those movies.
- Owning a video store would be BRILLIANT!