Watching the Detectives

About Watching the Detectives

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

Paul Soter's Watching the Detectives is a 2007 comedy romance film. Released in May 2007, it runs 94 minutes.

The film is filed under mischievous and absurd.

Cillian Murphy stars as Neil, Lucy Liu as Violet, Jason Sudeikis as Jonathan, and Michael Panes as Lucien. The screenplay is by Paul Soter. Production companies include Hart-Lunsford Pictures and Peace Arch Entertainment Group. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and Weird Science make useful companions to Watching the Detectives. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 203 votes and it carries a NR rating.