Trixie
Columbia TriStar Home Video | Release Date: June 28, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
16

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
In a summer of cardboard figures in splashy spectacles, that makes for a refreshing change, an intriguing, entertaining and altogether sweetly mystifying misfire. In other words, another quintessentially Alan Rudolph picture. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
There are so many wonderful moments in Trixie and so few films like it that you wish Rudolph had given it a few more rewrites. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A cranky failure with brilliant moments. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Trixie has "cult favorite" written all over it. That is to say, the general public is likely to say ixnay. Read full review
60
Film.comRobert Horton
For me, Trixie finds its own peculiar groove, and-buoyed by a compulsively watchable actress-folds neatly into the off-center work of a distinctive American director. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
So much of the film is so funny, inspired and sophisticated, the performances so richly nuanced, that many viewers, Rudolph admirers in particular, will be inclined to forgive a little self-indulgence on the part of this authentic auteur. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Eventually evolves into a murder mystery that isn't very compelling. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The movie does have a certain amount of star power and occasional bursts of inventive mise en scene, which do a good job of diverting us so we don't realize that not much else is going on. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is not the sort of movie you make it your business to see in a theater. But if you're ever surfing cable TV and come across it, you'll linger. Read full review
48
Mr. ShowbizRichard T. Jameson
This is one Rudolph opus that leaves no afterglow. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
In the long, hit-and-miss career of writer-director Alan Rudolph, this misbegotten comedy falls squarely into the miss bin. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleBryan Poyser
With his new film (which he also wrote), Rudolph seems content to slap a flimsy film-noir plot on an unending stream of malapropisms and word games and call it a "screwball noir." Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A movie built on one joke -- an old one -- and an incoherent, even idiotic plot. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Director Alan Rudolph kills this promising film off with a combination of bad writing and wrong-headed direction. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Torturously whimsical gumshoe caper. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The acting is solid and the heroine's quirky dialogue is amusing for a while. But repetitious writing and a weakly constructed story turn the promising premise into a disappointing mishmash of crime, politics, and show business. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
Wastes an A-list cast in a sorry send-up of B-movie private-eye cliches. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
Every character is quirky, and each has a schtick. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Despite its occasional flashes of brilliance (every Rudolph film has them), this unsavory stew never comes to a boil. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
Happily stuck between a rock and the deep blue sea. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Although the hallmarks of Rudolph movies can be found everywhere -- they don't add up to the usual magic this time. Read full review
12
New York PostJonathan Foreman
It's so painful to sit through you eventually stop feeling sorry for the floundering cast. Read full review
12
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Highfalutin swill determined to pass itself off as a jazzy caper. Read full review
10
Film.comElizabeth Weitzman
Where's the comedy? Read full review
10
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Classic Rudolph: a tone of sweet-edged, slightly kooky melancholy, a terrific cast mostly left to its own devices and a few intriguing moments. Not, I'm sorry to say, a movie. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
As overlong and undermotivated as it is absentmindedly incoherent. Read full review
10
TimeRichard Corliss
If this retro crime comedy had been a Broadway play, it would have closed out of town. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The whole movie is like that: cute, dead and endless. Read full review
More From This Movie

26 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL