By Robert Sims, Special to Hollywood.com
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
9. Watching the Detectives
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu
Taking its name from Elvis Costello’s classic song about a woman who chooses to watch TV rather than talk to her date, this quirky rom-com finds the up-for-anything Liu trying desperately to drag the geeky Murphy away from dissecting old movies with his video-store employees. The moral: Living life is more fulfilling than watching it unfold before your eyes in your living room or the movie theater. Liu’s bizarre role-playing games -- which include tricking Murphy into robbing an underground casino -- do get a little tiresome at times. Still, a very loopy Liu has never been funnier.
DVD Features: None.
Stars: 2 out of 5
KEEP READING: See No. 8
