Watching the Detectives

I love these kinds of movies. Lucy Liu playing against type is so much fun to watch. I enjoyed the humor and in a way reminds me of Along Came Polly but without that manic Ben Stiller. Recommend!... Full review

Watching the Detectives is a loving homage to the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s, adopting the basic formula of Bringing up Baby, i.e. daffy broad woos uptight dork. The dork is Cillian Murphy's Neil, an esoteric video store owner... Full review

I tend to avoid romantic comedies, especially recent American-produced ones. Not because I'm single, but also I don't relate to the hunky guy, the object of affection for the high-strung, lonely lady, who desperately seeks Mr. Right, in a so-called humorous... Full review

This is an original movie with some amazingly funny and surprising moments, some preposterously bad acting and action, and a premise and resolution that really strains the imagination. Plus some very very good lines. It's a movie that plays, rather... Full review

At one point, Violet (Lucy Liu) tells Neil (Cillian Murphy) that why she constantly seeks out for an adventure. She said "because I'm bore-phobic". It mean that she can't really get on with her life by doing some mandatory activities.... Full review

I absolutely loved it!!! and that is said with all my confidence. This movie is the movie lovers movie and shows all it is worth with movie references, spoofs (The movie as a whole is not a spoof) and a... Full review

Lucy Alexis Liu and Cillian Murphy are both excellent actors, who can certainly rise to any acting challenge put to them.Unfortunately 'Watching the Detectives (2007)' offers only one to both actors and audience alike: not to fall asleep during a... Full review

The premise is not original, the acting is good but not exactly to write home about and technically it's not a great accomplishment. But is 'Watching The Detectives' entertaining? Definitely. Lucy Liu fits the role of the play-in-the-field perfectly (her... Full review

The basic premise: Neil (Cillian Murphy) owns a small independent video store and lives passively in a world of make believe movies. Violet (Lucy Liu) lives a life of adventure. She would rather *do* than watch. She stages real life... Full review

As far as deliberately quirky romantic comedies go, a viewer could do much worse than the often bizarre and slightly uneven Watching the Detectives .....weary as the film plods forward, given.... ... Full Review

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'Watching the Detectives', the new romantic comedy starring Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu, is to begin shooting this week in New York. The Hollywood Reporter says that the film tells the story of a film noir buff (Murphy) who crosses... ... Full Article

One of "Charlie's Angels" is now on her way to make another silver screen performance. The prominent Asian-American actress, Lucy Liu is in talks to take part in Paul Soter's new romantic-comedy, "Watching the Detectives". ... Full Article

Watching the Detectives proves that even if you adopt a cool-sounding Elvis Costello song title for your movie, that won't necessarily make it good. Despite the presence of indie darling Cillian Murphy and teen lust subject Lucy Liu in the... ... Full Article