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Trixie (2000)

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 36

Boring and predictable script; not funny.

Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 13

Boring and predictable script; not funny.

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Alan Rudolph directed and co-wrote this eccentric comedy about a woman who bumbles her way into fighting crime. Trixie Zurbo (Emily Watson) is a well-meaning but scatter-brained casino security guard, who dreams of a career as a private detective. Her ambition accidentally becomes reality when she's thrown into the middle of a series of events involving double-dealing state senator Avery (Nick Nolte), crooked real estate developer Red Rafferty (Will Patton), and his sleazy girlfriend Dawn

R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Alan Rudolph

Written By: Alan Rudolph

In Theaters: Jun 28, 2000 Limited

On DVD: Dec 5, 2000

Sony Pictures Classics

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Cast

Emily Watson
Trixie Zurbo
Dermot Mulroney
Dex Lang
Nick Nolte
State Senator Avery
Nathan Lane
Kirk Stans
Brittany Murphy
Ruby Pearli
Lesley Ann Warren
Dawn Slotnick
Will Patton
Red Rafferty
Stephen Lang
Jacob Slotnick

Critic Reviews for Trixie

All Critics (63) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (36) | DVD (3)

Despite a star cast (Nick Nolte, Emily Watson), Rudolph's comedy-mystery is a minor, trivial film that tries to be whimsical but lacks humor or fresh angle on the Hollywood's cherished genres of noir and screwball.

December 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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The movie is as overlong and undermotivated as it is absentmindedly incoherent.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

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Amiable, unsuccessful movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

What Trixie has to offer is not so much deconstruction as slapdash.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Richard T. Jameson

Mr. Showbiz

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Like a week-old batch of bivalves: It stinks.

June 26, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Worthwhile only for Emily Watson's strange but amiable performance.

June 19, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Unwatchable.

April 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Emily Watson is a lovable idiot.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Chris Gore

Film Threat

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What were they thinking when they made this movie? There's not enough action in this to make it an action movie, not enough character development to make it a character movie, not enough fun to make it a comedy. It's barely got enough plot to make it a movie at all, but only barely.The dialogues are mostly tedious, the

December 27, 2009