Marlowe

2022
R
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

13K

YOUR RATING

Liam Neeson, Alan Cumming, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Diane Kruger, and François Arnaud in Marlowe (2022)

In late 1930's Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.

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In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
This film is based upon the 2014 novel "The Black-Eyed Blonde" by Benjamin Black, not one of Raymond Chandler's original Marlowe works.

Goofs
After Liam Neeson's Marlowe is knocked unconscious by the thugs, he tells Ian Hart's police detective that the thugs took his .38 caliber pistol when it was a .45 automatic in the previous scene. Hart hands Marlowe what he calls "another .38," which is a .32 caliber revolver.

Quotes
Philip Marlowe: [after beating up two thugs] Fuck it!
[grabs a chair and hits one of them in the head]
Philip Marlowe: I'm too old for this shit!

Connections
Referenced in OWV Updates: The Seventh OWV Awards - Last Update of 2022 (2022)

Soundtracks
Coubanakan
Music by Moïse Simons
Lyrics by Louis Sauvat and Robert Champfleury
Published by S.E.M.I., Paris (France) administered by peermusic (UK) Ltd.
Performed by Los Lecuona Cuban Boys
Courtesy of Ceiba World Music SL

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5/10

Bland dull, even-paced plodding mystery that just isn't 'noir'

The iconic titular character of "Marlowe" epitomises noir, but in resurrecting him veteran director / co-writer (with William Monahan) Neil Jordan waters the noir style down to nothing, leaving only a dull, even-paced mystery that fails to engage. Liam Neeson's the aforementioned '30s LA gum-shoe here, hired by wealthy 'femme fatale' Diane Kruger (daughter of 'femme fatale' Jessica Lange (good)) to find presumed dead lover François Arnaud who's wrapped in some kinda drug-running plot with the likes of Danny Huston & Alan Cumming, under the noses of cops like Joe Green & Colm Meaney. It's bland, plodding fare, and is just not noir. Poor.