Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a thoroughly entertaining spoof of Hollywood private eye movies.
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02/04/04
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:17
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner
Director: Carl Reiner
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Reviews for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
It makes my head spin to think how many viewing hours must have been spent in order to knit this story together
01/01/00
A parlor trick, but the kind -- an inquiring jester making his way through the ghosts of cinema's past -- that gets Godard at the Moviola to layer Histoire(s) together
09/06/09
This is Carl Reiner's cleverly adapted spoof on noir films of the post-World War 11 days.
01/01/00
Um filme de uma piada só.
05/31/02
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07/30/03
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06/24/06
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05/24/03
Top CriticHilarious and seamless!
11/02/04
Too clever for its own good when it should be worried about being funny.
11/24/03
Mainly for the noir geeks and the Steve Martin fans -- and I'm both.
07/27/02
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02/13/04
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03/05/04
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11/04/04
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06/15/05
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