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Marlowe
Marlowe

5.7

Marlowe

R·2023·109m

Summary

Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Neil Jordan

Characters

Raymond Chandler

Novel

John Banville

Screenplay

William Monahan

Reviews

narrator56

narrator56

May 15, 2023

6

I have watched a few movies based on Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, and I can’t say that any of them dazzled me, even though they were usually played by actors I liked. This version struck me the same way. I really like Liam Neeson and feel that he has elevated a few B quality movies I have seen him in. But either he couldn’t or wasn’t allowed to work similar magic here.

The characters don’t mumble exactly, but the overall effect to me is that they might as well have been. The dialogue isn’t exactly electric and they seem to deliver them rather matter of factly. When Marlow beats up a few guys and says, “I am getting too old for this,” it comes out sounding like the tired cliche it is rather than a heartfelt observation by a jaded private eye.

So I can’t help but label this as a missed opportunity; I mean, it’s Liam Neeson for goodness sake. Write the man some better lines and action sequences.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$6,262,663.00

Keywords

los angeles, california
private detective
missing person
1930s
old hollywood