romantic comedy directed
by : Paul Soter featuring
: Cillian Murphy - Lucy Liu - Jason Sudeikis - Michael Panes - Callie
Thorne running
time : 1 hour 33 minutes
A film freak has his
life turned upside down when he starts dating a real-life femme fatale
in this comedy. Neil (Cillian Murphy) is a dyed-in-the-wool movie fan who
runs a video store, "Gumshoe Video," specializing in classic film noir
and offbeat cult items. Neil spends nearly every evening on the couch,
soaking up classic movies from the blue glow of his television; Neil's
lack of a social life has not been good for his relationships with women,
and his latest girlfriend walked out on him after he declared he wanted
her to be more like Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
But then Neil meets Violet (Lucy Liu), a sexy and adventurous woman who
is immediately taken with him. However, Neil soon decides Violet may be
a bit too adventurous -- while he's content to get his excitement from
watching movies, she would rather throw herself into thrilling situations
rather than observe them from a distance, and her appetite for danger proves
to be far more than he bargained for. Watching the Detectives was the first
directorial effort from Paul Soter, who as a member of the Broken Lizard
comedy troupe helped write the films Super Troopers and Beerfest.
