Narrators don't come more unreliable than Robert Downey Jr. in "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," a tongue-in-cheek pulp-fiction parody that's also a stylish sendup of everything silly in Hollywood. Which is a lot. The title refers to the words Pauline Kael once saw on an Italian movie poster and later used as the title of one of her collections of film criticism. In other words, that's pretty much what Hollywood movies come down to: sex and guns. Read the full review
Making a getaway from a bungled burglary, a petty thief stumbles into an audition for a Hollywood detective movie. The next thing he knows, he's being flown to Los Angeles for a screen test, where he is teamed with tough-guy private eye and winds up in the middle of a murder investigation.
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen
Run time: 102 minutes
Release date: Oct. 21, 2005
Rating: R for language, violence and sexuality/nudity.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"... mean, fast and funny, and it all adds up to a 'Seinfeld-ian' nothing."
The Palm Beach Post: B+
"Chemistry is essential in a buddy flick and Downey and Kilmer bounce off each other well, perhaps because neither seems to be taking this gig the least bit seriously."
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