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Trixie [Region 2]

starring: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy
directed by: Alan Rudolph

: Trixie [Region 2]
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 3530941006825
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, NTSC
Region Code: 2
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 2000



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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Alan Rudolph's 'screwball film noir' (his definition) is a bit like Choose Me cast with buffoons--a handsome, smoothly directed, shaggy-dog mystery populated by thoroughly offbeat characters. Emily Watson plays malaprop-spewing, gum-chewing Trixie Zurbo, a security guard who wants to be a private detective. It's kind of like Gracie Allen trying to play Lauren Bacall in a Bogey film with a babble of mangled clichés and screwy punch lines. A shaggy, small-time thug wannabe (Dermot Mulroney) drags her into a mystery involving a smarmy, double-talking senator (Nick Nolte), a boozy past-her-prime showgirl (Lesley Anne Warren), and a blackmail scheme that ends up in murder. As a mystery it's less hard-boiled than over easy, but the performers go to town with the material. Nolte brilliantly rants an incoherent brand of political doublespeak, and Nathan Lane is patter perfect as a small- time entertainer delivering one-liners with a weary, wounded smile. At almost two hours it's a long road with meanders and detours, offering little payoff beyond the time spent with Rudolph's endearing out-of-time characters. This may prove mystifying and insubstantial to viewers who like a little more shape to their stories, but fans of Rudolph's quirky brand of filmmaking will find it well worth the trip. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very enjoyable mystery
It is a pleasure to watch and listen to this movie very carefully to get all of the humor -- stay ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - simple
This movie invites comparison with Fargo-which is vastly superior. The difference is that while Emily ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - quirky but entertaining
"or to put it in terms you might understand,
'The sword of damocles is hanging over pandora's box'..."
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great dialogue
Trixie is a uneducated and seemingly naîve, but surprisingly effective cop, who basically speaks in mangled metaphors ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Weak story with numerous funny lines
One needs a certain warped sense of humor to enjoy this film. Trixie (Emily Watson) is a self proclaimed "Private Defective" ... Read More

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