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Marlowe

2022

Neil Jordan

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ...

5.0

2,113

Thriller. Mystery. Film noir In late 1930s noir-LA, Marlowe is tasked with finding a beautiful heiresses' missing former lover. He soon discovers that underneath the missing man's disappearance lies a web of corruption that puts him in the crosshairs of several of the city's richest, and most dangerous constituents.

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Neil Jordan fails to find form in this muddled, roundly miscast Irish-Iberian attempt to revive Raymond Chandler's legacy"
		Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"A detective movie so pulpy that it will make you choke"
		Chris Bumbray JoBlo	"With Jordan at the helm, the Monahan screenplay, the cast and the visuals, this is a surprisingly excellent modern noir that I really enjoyed"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"Unsatisfying and never coming fully to life, there's no mystery as to why Marlowe doesn't work. All the evidence is right in front of the viewer's face to see"
		Erick Massoto Collider	"[It] has an excellent cast, but the mystery at the center of this Raymond Chandler-based story isn't up to snuff"
		Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"With the exception of Jessica Lange, who tears into her fairly brief role as a wealthy and wicked former movie star, everyone in 'Marlowe' is directed as if to seem groggy with depression (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Stephanie Bunbury Deadline	"It's fun and it's fast (...) Casting is inspired across the board (...) You might as well enjoy it"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"But for all the authentic genre tropes on display, Marlowe never comes to life on its own, lacking the verve or wit to make it feel anything other than a great pop song played by a mediocre cover band"
		Screendaily	"Short on both charm and Chandlerian complexity, this version coasts on Liam Neeson's lead, and some spicy character playing from the likes of Danny Huston, Alan Cumming and Jessica Lange"
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"The film is so riddled with noir clichés that one may initially take it for a genre parody (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Following in the gumshoe footsteps of Bogart, Mitchum and other greats, Irish actor leads outstanding cast in convoluted but enjoyable film noir (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Neither spoof nor retrofit, Neil Jordan’s period piece perfunctorily revisits genre elements we all know by heart"
		Ethan Vestby The Film Stage	"This movie made by people with nothing to prove and nothing to lose has a lot less strain and far more entertainment value"
		Christian Gallichio The Playlist	"[It] isn’t the catastrophe that others may make it out to be, but it’s instead just inert, forgettable immediately after the credits roll"
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"Revisionist this may be, but it’s done with smarts and, sure ... perceptiveness and sensitivity (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A film that looks good but lacks a spark (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Ray Greene AV Club	"Liam Neeson's particular set of skills can't rescue this noir misfire"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The movie doesn't exactly do Philip Marlowe a disservice but neither does it successfully re-invent the character for a new era and its attendant audience (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"It parrots all the right lines while striking all the right poses, without saying much of anything at all (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Marlowe' neither dutifully copies nor cleverly updates detective-movie tropes"
		Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"Hollow, dull crime thriller (...) It struggles to be intriguing, or even mildly enjoyable, pivoting from one mysterious subplot to another with little interest in its own narrative (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"
		Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"Over-Familiar Tropes Sinks Chandler Homage"

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