Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 151
Fresh: 126 | Rotten: 25
Tongue-in-cheek satire blends well with entertaining action and spot-on performances in this dark, eclectic neo-noir homage.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 34 | 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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Movie Info
A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.
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Cast
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Robert Downey Jr.
Harry Lockhart -
Val Kilmer
Gay Perry -
Michelle Monaghan
Harmony Faith Lane -
Corbin Bernsen
Harlan Dexter -
Dash Mihok
Mr. Frying Pan -
Larry Miller
Dabney Shaw -
Rockmond Dunbar
Mr. Fire -
Shannyn Sossamon
Pink Hair Girl -
Angela Lindvall
Flicka -
Judie Aronson
Gift Bag Girl -
Nancy Fish
NY Casting Woman -
Vincent Laresca
Aurello -
Wiley M. Pickett
Homicide Cop -
Josh Richman
Rickie -
Cole McKay
Dexter Goon -
Joe Keyes
Lobby Cop -
Brian Simpson
Dexter Goon -
Harrison Young
Harmony's Dad -
Martha Hackett
Pistol Woman -
Jake McKinnon
Creature -
Tanja Reichert
B-Movie Actress -
Ben Bray
Dexter Goon -
Chrissy Gilman
Protocop -
Stevie B
Pink Hair Girl's Dog -
Kathy Lamkin
Woman in Hospital Bl... -
Saida Rodriguez-Paga...
News Anchor -
Evan Parke
Dexter Clinic Guard -
Lela Edgar
Party Girl -
Indio Falconer Downe...
Harry Age 9 -
Ariel Winter
Harmony Age 7 -
Duane Carnahan
Chainsaw Kid -
Bill McAdams Jr.
NY Cop -
Stephanie Pearson
Teen Harmony -
Brendan Fehily
Local News Reporter -
David Newsome
Agent Type -
Ali Hillis
Marleah -
Bobby Tuttle
Hotel Concierge -
Jake Eberle
Patrol Cop -
Daniel Browning Smit...
Rubber Boy -
Teresa Herrera
Newswoman -
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All Critics (151) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (126) | Rotten (25) | DVD (25)
[Robert Downey Jr. is] the quickest, sharpest, slyest and wryest comic actor on the screen.
Top Critic[A] cheerful mess of a pulp-fiction parody, pumped full of laughs by Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr.
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is as much fun as the title suggests, and packed with banter that rolls off the tongue just as easily.
An ultra-knowing exercise in genre deconstruction, and something of a charmer to boot.
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.
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.
The best movie, with the best script, in writer Shane Black's career.
Choppy L.A. thriller. Absolutely not for kids.
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.
An effervescent ride buoyed in no small amount by the agility of the actors
Slick, sassy and downright delicious "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is a royal cinematic treat.
A raucous mix of black comedy and noir thriller.
This is how Hollywood action comedies should be done -- smart, fast and a hoot.
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.
A winkingly funny neo-noir treat.
The film's more than a little bit tounge-in-cheek, and the constant winking at the audience could tire for some. For me, I just kicked back and enjoyed the ride, one far more literate than most shoot 'em ups your'e like to to come across any time soon.
A good time for folks who like Raymond Chandler novels and action movies with a quirky side.
It's the laugh-a-minute repartee of this odd couple that drives the movie far more than the ridiculously overly complicated plot.
Goes for [snarky postmodernism] immediately, then, to my surprise, deftly pulls it off.
It's a movie that becomes so taken with itself, that it seems to be doing the laughing instead of the viewer.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang remains mostly on target, sending up old detective stories and contemporary cinema simultaneously,
A very funny send-up of hard-boiled L.A. detective movies like 'L.A. Confidential' and 'Chinatown.'
Audience Reviews for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
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Movies Like Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
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- Gay Perry: That's impossible. They don't even know you. They couldn't possibly...
- Harry Lockhart: No, they couldn't. You're right. And since the body can't be here and this is all a dream and oh look, there's Elmo the Elf. Good morning Elmo. What's in your basket?
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- Gay Perry: Okay. You've got thirty of my fucking seconds. Thrill me.
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- Harry Lockhart: It's literally like someone took America by the East Coast and shook it, and all the normal girls managed to hang on.
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- Gay Perry: Is that it?
- Harry Lockhart: No, that's the other corpse from the last guy who stayed here.
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- Gay Perry: Go. sleep badly. any questions, hesitate to call.
- Harry Lockhart: Bad.
- Gay Perry: Excuse me?
- Harry Lockhart: Bad. Sleep bad. Otherwise it seems like the mechanism that allows you to sleep...
- Gay Perry: What, fuckhead? Badly's an adverb. Who taught you grammar? Get out.
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- Harmony Faith Lane: It's like the city can't get enough of messing with people. Like putting a woopie cushion on the seat of an electric chair.
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