| The Singing Detective Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A novelist is hospitalized with a nasty skin condition that covers his entire
face and body, and allows him very little movement but plenty of hallucinatory
fantasies. What follows is his day-to-day anguish in the hospital, interlaced
with...more |
| The Singing Detective Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| This may not sound like a positive statement, but it actually is:
This movie is not for everyone. In the spirit of Pennies From Heaven,
a Brechtian comment on the mental musical as a way to express the
inner thoughts of a character, this film goes a...more |
| The Singing Detective Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Singing Detective" (Paramount Classics)
Based on Dennis Potter's popular seven-hour BBC mini-series (1986), this
quirky, intriguing story revolves around cranky Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.), a
mystery writer who is...more |
| The Singing Detective Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| THE SINGING DETECTIVE, based on the popular BBC mini-series, is a fascinating
failure. Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Dan Dark, a writer of cheap detective
novels. Dan, who has suffered from a horrible skin disease most of his life,
is currently in the...more |
| The Singing Detective Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| The Singing Detective is a film about a guy coming to terms with his past
and his problems in a very painful, hostile way. It's also pulpy...and it's
a musical. These are things that would not ordinarily go together, and I'm
not sure they really bring...more |
| The Singing Detective Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B-) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B-
Paramount Classics
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Written by: Dennis Potter
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson,
Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Jon Polito, Carla
Gugino, Saul Rubinek,...more |
