The Singing Detective
by Keith Gordon
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Actor: Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright PennDirector: Keith Gordon
Producer: Mel Gibson
Producer: Bruce Davey
Producer: Jane Potter
Producer: Kevin Lake
Producer: Robert Potter
Producer: Sarah Potter
Writer: Dennis Potter
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Singing Detective
Movie Review: Sexist, predictable, profane, boring - I could not watch it.
Summary: 1 Stars
I thought this might be a fun movie - a cross between the detective genre & a musical, Robert Downey - but was very soon offended by the portrayals of women (all 1-dimensional sex objects stripping in cabarets, boring...), the egregious constant sexual references - for God's sake, don't watch this with children! - and the predictability of the characters. Some boring old-fashioned sexist male idiot's fantasies, I could not watch more than 10 minutes. Too bad Robert Downey allowed himself to be talked into this one. The Singing Detective
Summary of The Singing Detective
If you can pull The Singing Detective out from under the long shadow cast by the acclaimed 1986 British miniseries, Keith Gordon's 109-minute film version achieves its own distinction. It was a daring (and some might say foolhardy) assignment to film Dennis Potter's screenplay, written out of Potter's desire to see his semi-autobiographical drama in feature-length form, but Gordon rose to the occasion with a superlative cast led by Robert Downey, intense as ever as Potter's on-screen alter ego. Bedridden with an excruciating case of skin-rotting psoriasis, pulp novelist Dan Dark (Downey) escapes into his vivid imagination, where gunmen and gumshoes pursue their pulpy agenda, casting himself as the titular "warbler" whose pain and anger is focused like a laser on his cheating wife (Robin Wright Penn) and anyone else who's made his real and imaginary worlds unbearable. Coproducer Mel Gibson appears under heavy makeup as Dark's condescending psychiatrist, and supporting roles are played with stylish flair by Adrien Brody, Katie Holmes, Jeremy Northam, Carla Gugino, and others. While many critics called this a noble failure, The Singing Detective captures the essence of Potter's story, offering a welcome alternative to the acknowledged superiority of the miniseries. --Jeff ShannonComedy DVD Video
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