Where's Marlowe?
Where's Marlowe?
| 01 October 1998 (USA)
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After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of Boone and Murphy, private investigators. Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks, however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients, Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business, the filmmakers must resort to a more hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.

Reviews
nagual-3

I could not agree less to that being a mandatory movie to truly watch and compare to your own experiences, otherwise you may be missing the point and should think twice about reviewing your own inventory before posting. It's not about P.I., it's about you!On par in insight with with the great likes of Mulholland Dr., Dogville and many others. It may change your mind! Or set it aflame in the least.As for water, the introduction has a very proper spoiler in decently suggestive skin. I too choose to believe it is the spirits - our ancestors and animals.If you liked being in Malkovic's head, do not overlook this one!

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Charles Herold (cherold)

This mockumentary looks like it's trying to be funny, with things that seem like vaguely comedic incidents, but after maybe a half hour of not laughing at all I decided to give up on it. Ferrer is a good actor and brings a sincerity to the role, but he doesn't have much to work with. Everyone else commenting here likes it, so perhaps it gets interesting sooner or later.

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deadsenator

Channel surfing one night, saw Miguel Ferrer, stopped flicking and I'm so glad I did. How do movies like this not make more impact at the box office? Probably because there are no explosions or chase scenes and the audience was forced to think. Ahh, the horrors of having to think. Bullets don't fly around, but boy does the plot ever! I found myself thoroughly entertained throughout and even a bit confused sometimes, but I think that was the idea. Solid performances from everyone, including the script and direction. The camera work was excellent. Miguel Ferrer is a wonderful actor and more surprising than the standard top ten Hollywood throws at us nonstop. Miguel, this piece of work is rock solid. Keep it up.

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jg-12

As Hollywood continues to dumb down in its relentless pursuit of the lowest common denominator, a film as funny and smart as "Where's Marlowe" is just too good to be true. I was lucky enough to catch it at the First Annual Worldfest-Flagstaff film festival, where it was a huge hit. Unfortunately, the film is such a clever 'reveal' that to describe it at all would be to take away from the pleasure of being caught in its web. So all I can suggest is that you do whatever you can to get this film seen. Bug the distributors! Demand it at festivals! You'll be glad you did.

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