Where's Marlowe?
Paramount Classics | Release Date: November 12, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
This smart spoof of film noir and filmmaking is very clever and riotously funny. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldPhoebe 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
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Belongs to an intellectually stimulating subgenre that examines the thin line between documentary maker and subject. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula 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
50
L.A. WeeklyHazel-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
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Quickly assumes an appealing mockumentary style. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan 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
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
The droll cast--especially Ferrer, who's exquisite as a tough-talking dunce--deserved something more fully realized than this. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneBarbara 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
38
San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen Johnson
Spoof both of P.I.s and independent filmmakers is languidly paced and not very funny. Read full review
30
Film.comMoira Macdonald
Stretched too thin, looks cheap, and can't quite go the distance. Read full review
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