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Where's Marlowe?

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Where's Marlowe? reviews
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9.0 User Score:

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Based on 11 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: John Mankiewicz
Daniel Pyne

Directed by: Daniel Pyne

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 12, 1999
DVD: July 18, 2000

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and a scene of sexuality

Starring Dante Beze, Bok Hun Chon, Allison Dean, and Miguel Ferrer

Experience the extraordinary true story of the documentary that's a mockumentary that became a real life mystery...of passion...of murder...and things that can only happen in the movies. (Paramount Classics)

What The Critics Said

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

This smart spoof of film noir and filmmaking is very clever and riotously funny.

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63

Miami Herald Phoebe Flowers

Melding multiple genres, the movie is certainly funny, but the admirable, reckless energy that makes it worthwhile for much of the running time eventually peters out.

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63

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Belongs to an intellectually stimulating subgenre that examines the thin line between documentary maker and subject.

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58

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

Attempts to do for "The Big Sleep"-type detective movie and film-noir genre what "Blair Witch" did for horror films.

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50

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

(Ferrer's) performance as the sensitive private dick borders on beatific as he stumbles about a nighttime Hollywood Boulevard waxing lyrical about "love, sex and betrayal."

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

Quickly assumes an appealing mockumentary style.

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50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This goofball comedy is easy to take and just as easy to leave alone--unless you develop an affection for the hapless characters, which isn't too hard to do.

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40

Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour

The droll cast--especially Ferrer, who's exquisite as a tough-talking dunce--deserved something more fully realized than this.

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38

San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson

Spoof both of P.I.s and independent filmmakers is languidly paced and not very funny.

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38

Chicago Tribune Barbara Shulgasser

Although Where's Marlowe abounds with many supposedly clever ideas, it's about as badly made as anything you'll see anywhere on television.

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30

Film.com Moira Macdonald

Stretched too thin, looks cheap, and can't quite go the distance.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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