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Where's Marlowe?
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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)
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What The Critics Said
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TV Guide Ken Fox
This smart spoof of film noir and filmmaking is very clever and riotously funny.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Belongs to an intellectually stimulating subgenre that examines the thin line between documentary maker and subject.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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."
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Quickly assumes an appealing mockumentary style.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
Spoof both of P.I.s and independent filmmakers is languidly paced and not very funny.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Film.com Moira Macdonald
Stretched too thin, looks cheap, and can't quite go the distance.
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The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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