Review of Watching the Detectives (2007) by Kaitlin L — 10 Mar 2009

This was hilarious!!! And an absolute *must-see* for any Cillian Murphy fan!

This review of Watching the Detectives (2007) was written by Kaitlin L on 10 Mar 2009.

Watching the Detectives has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Watching the Detectives

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Deliu G (15) on 21 Jan 2013

Really funny, I was laughing so hard I almost turn blue…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Louise J (88) on 22 Apr 2013

This film was actually pretty good…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 01 May 2013

A romance for movie nerds, and a very likeable one at that…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Tim M (3,013) on 29 Jan 2010

Scarecrow gets lucky with charmingly eccentric Liu. Murphy is hyperbolically clueless and Liu is unrealistically awesome. Not bad for a chick flick…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Luke B (1,067) on 25 Sep 2009

As a huge fan of the Broken Lizard boys it was nice to see one of them break free as a director on a completely different style of film…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Alex R (2,581) on 07 Jul 2012

Devilishly cute. The movie never tries to be more then what it is…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Pave M (151) on 15 Oct 2010

This movie was really cute. It's a little behind the times but still has some hilarious moments…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Amanda H (1,679) on 10 Dec 2011

This starts off fairly cute and quirky, albeit a little bit annoying because Lucy Liu's character is SO over the top…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Elle M (60) on 31 May 2011

A very fun and eye opening film for the film geeks…

Read Review

Review of Watching the Detectives (2007)

By Hani H (345) on 17 Oct 2009

Well a verz normalcomdy, it is aboulotly not original and manythings are repeated from other look like movies…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Up Close & Personal (1996)

By This Account N (23) on 07 Apr 2012

Most boring movie I've ever seen. No kidding…

Read Review

Review of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

By James M (2,946) on 18 Jan 2009

I've only seen parts of this. I didn't like it…

Read Review

Review of Step Brothers (2008)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 28 Sep 2012

There's a good subject for satire here, the extended adolescence of American kids…

Read Review

Review of Bad Boys II (2003)

By Tony Toscano (229) for Talking Pictures (U.S.) (220) on 20 Jul 2003

Bad Boys 2 is exactly what a summer sequel should be - bigger, better and badder than the original…

Read Review

Review of Alfie (2004)

By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 04 Nov 2004

Law is unconvincing as a roué, the script is juvenile and the directing is bereft of inspiration…

Read Review

Review of 11:14 (2004)

By Wet Wire (13) on 16 Sep 2009

Cannot believe how well received this piece of crap was. It's been done many times before, and done better every single time…

Read Review

Review of Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

By Simon F (223) on 29 Jan 2009

Alec Guiness in multiple roles sounded great, but he's no Eddie Murphy…

Read Review

Review of Yellow Submarine (1968)

By Aubrey B (78) on 23 Jan 2013

Everyone said I would love this. Everyone was wrong. Now, I love the Beatles and all, but really?! Seriously…

Read Review

Review of Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

By Battlestar_Nas (1) on 23 Dec 2013

Thank you, Mike_M. After trying to watch this god awful movie I searched desperately to see if others felt the same way…

Read Review

Review of Thank You for Smoking (2005)

By Scott M (2,584) on 10 Apr 2017

Movie about a liar who goes around telling people that cigarettes are not bad for you. Smiling and laughing behind your back…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Watching the Detectives

2007

65%144 Reviews

Jeepers Creepers

2001

56%681 Reviews

Computer Chess

2013

64%129 Reviews

Housebound

2016

75%240 Reviews

The Game Plan

2007

61%507 Reviews

Aarakshan

2011

57%46 Reviews

First Blood

1982

76%777 Reviews

Bachelorette

2012

48%590 Reviews

Star Trek

2009

80%1,157 Reviews

Solaris

2002

62%767 Reviews