The Singing Detective (2003)
- Directed by
- Keith Gordon
- Genre
- comedy film, musical film, comedy drama, crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 147 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A writer with a severe skin condition lies in a hospital bed and drifts between his memories, a detective story he is writing, and musical fantasies set to 1950s songs.
quirkytonally unevennostalgicsurrealdarkly humorousmelancholicstylizedoffbeat
What happens
The Singing Detective is a 2003 American musical crime-comedy film directed by Keith Gordon and loosely based on the BBC serial of the same name, a work by British writer Dennis Potter. It stars Robert Downey Jr. and features a supporting cast that includes Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam and Carla Gugino as well as a number of songs from the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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