Marlowe (2022)

[Trevor]

I saw this today in the cinema and was really underwhelmed: the production and art design were great (the 1930s props and cars: wow) as well as the cinematography but the script and the acting: yikes.

Liam Neeson looks tired, Jessica Lange just looks old: everyone smokes, everyone drinks: I can't believe the person who won an Oscar for The Departed wrote this.

The editing was all over the place: it's like I edited this movie. 

Everything was just OK, nothing more. Worth an online watch if you don't have to pay for it.

Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXoy5kTJBLw

[RCMerchant]

Back then everybody did smoke and drink. So at least it was accurate about that.
Iv'e not seen it, likely won't. Not a big Liam Neeson fan, though I like him well enough in DARK MAN. I watched the trailer. It looks forced. Like it's trying to be a homage to Bogey, and doing it very badly.

[Trevor]

Back then everybody did smoke and drink. So at least it was accurate about that.
Iv'e not seen it, likely won't. Not a big Liam Neeson fan, though I like him well enough in DARK MAN. I watched the trailer. It looks forced. Like it's trying to be a homage to Bogey, and doing it very badly.

Agreed: the film lagged so badly at times that I thought I was watching paint dry. 

As I said:

The production design: 
The props and locations: 
The cars: 
The photography: apart from an obvious 1930s CGI shot of LA, 
The editing: 
The acting: meh 
The direction: the man who made Mona Lisa and The Crying Game made this?