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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

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83

Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 149
Fresh: 124 | Rotten: 25

Tongue-in-cheek satire blends well with entertaining action and spot-on performances in this dark, eclectic neo-noir homage.

81

Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 7

Tongue-in-cheek satire blends well with entertaining action and spot-on performances in this dark, eclectic neo-noir homage.

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Average Rating: 3.7/5
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Movie Info

A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Shane Black

Jun 13, 2006

$4.2M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

All Critics (149) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (131) | Rotten (25) | DVD (25)

[Robert Downey Jr. is] the quickest, sharpest, slyest and wryest comic actor on the screen.

December 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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[A] cheerful mess of a pulp-fiction parody, pumped full of laughs by Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is as much fun as the title suggests, and packed with banter that rolls off the tongue just as easily.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Associated Press | Comment
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is the first movie since 1994's Pulp Fiction not just to understand movie violence as a pop cultural form ... but to play it like a virtuoso violinist.

November 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Black has concocted a zany detective dramedy, a jokey, nocturnal Chinatown and an amazingly, amusingly verbose movie, all banter and hard-as-nails detective cliches.

November 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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Kiss Kiss may not smack of the truth or invite analysis, but in a warped way it gets the freaky job done.

November 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Choppy L.A. thriller. Absolutely not for kids.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Maria Llull
Common Sense Media

Its wink-wink eyelids feel heavy from having seen so much in Hollywood and it turns out to be the best accidental detective story since "The Big Lebowski." Downey Jr. and Kilmer make one of the least likely, most inspired buddy pairings of the 2000s.

September 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Nick Rogers
Suite101.com

An effervescent ride buoyed in no small amount by the agility of the actors

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment (1)
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Slick, sassy and downright delicious "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is a royal cinematic treat.

April 16, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment (1)
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

A raucous mix of black comedy and noir thriller.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment (1)
Saxon Bullock
Film4 Source: Film4

This is how Hollywood action comedies should be done -- smart, fast and a hoot.

January 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Comment
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

As a slice of disposably self-referential entertainment, it more than earns its keep, and also acts as an effective witness-protection programme for two stars who were formerly more in need of a bullet than a kiss.

December 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | Comment (1)
Mark Kermode
Observer [UK]

A winkingly funny neo-noir treat.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

A good time for folks who like Raymond Chandler novels and action movies with a quirky side.

October 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | Comment
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

It's the laugh-a-minute repartee of this odd couple that drives the movie far more than the ridiculously overly complicated plot.

September 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | Comment (1)
John Wrathall
Sight and Sound

Violent, caustic, funny and rather deliberately derivative of the Tarantino school of wink-wink nudge-nudge filmmaking.

July 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinemania | Comment
Dan Jardine
Cinemania Source: Cinemania

Goes for [snarky postmodernism] immediately, then, to my surprise, deftly pulls it off.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comment (1)
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

An ultra-knowing exercise in genre deconstruction, and something of a charmer to boot.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment (1)
Ben Walters
Time Out Source: Time Out
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Unusual crime thriller comedy that, bottom line, is just your common who done it? but has the added bonus of the surprise double team of Kilmer and Downey Jr.Who would of thought that these two big names could play off each other so well with Kilmer actually being quite humorous as a gay private eye. Its all down to

March 17, 2012
phubbs1
Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

A very good black comedy with a great cast cast in the lead roles. The main leads all have great chemistry between them with their characters. This has plenty of funny moments as well as a good thriller plot with a few twists along the way. It will put a smile on your face.

December 31, 2006
Deano78
Dean !

Super Reviewer

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    1. Gay Perry: You! Stop multiplying.
    – Submitted by Jordan P (55 days ago)
    1. Gay Perry: Look up idiot in the dictionary and you know what you'll find?
    2. Harry Lockhart: A... picture of my face?
    3. Gay Perry: No! The definition of the word idiot which you fucking are!
    – Submitted by David W (5 months ago)
    1. Gay Perry: Okay, first things first. We gotta move [the corpse] somewhere. You got gloves?
    2. Harry Lockhart: Excuse me?
    3. Gay Perry: Gloves. Do you have gloves? You have to move her. If it's a frame-up, some asshole's calling the cops on you. Do this: wrap up the body in a blanket, a sheet, anything.
    4. Harry Lockhart: Okay uh, any particular kind of gloves?
    5. Gay Perry: Yes, fawn. Will you fucking hurry?
    – Submitted by Letitia L (7 months ago)
    1. Gay Perry: And to all you good people in the midwest, we're sorry we said f**k so much.
    – Submitted by Taylor B (8 months ago)
    1. Gay Perry: Go, sleep badly. Any questions, hesitate to call.
    – Submitted by Mills C (10 months ago)

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