Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.

Watching the Detectives

6.3 (193 votes)• 2007• 94m•Released

Comedy Romance

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Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

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Languages: English

Director: Paul Soter

Starring Cast: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Panes, Callie Thorne, Michael Yurchak

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