Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Singing Detective (2003)

Synopsis: A detective with a skin disease is in the hospital; his mind confuses his real life, past and present, with his fiction plots.
Appraisal: This film didn't work for me. It didn't seem to find the right key to convey all its facets: the musical, the drama, and the parody. The hospital musical number was, in my opinion, not so well staged and badly lit. The concatenation of events in the movie seemed kind of disjointed. Some sequences were uninspired at best, especially some of those featuring the two hoods. It was occasionally funny and occasionally clever, but the final result was a little disappointing.
Rating: 48

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