Fresh
The plot of the film is almost willfully convoluted. But it's also largely beside the point, an excuse for quite a few good scenes, most of them equal parts homage and subversion.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party.
2005 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Shane Black
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Overview
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Director and cast
- Shane Black Director
- Robert Downey Jr. as Harry Lockhart
- Val Kilmer as Gay Perry
- Michelle Monaghan as Harmony Faith Lane
- Corbin Bernsen as Harlan Dexter
- Dash Mihok as Mr. Frying Pan
- Larry Miller as Dabney Shaw
- Rockmond Dunbar as Mr. Fire
- Shannyn Sossamon as Pink Hair Girl
- Angela Lindvall as Flicka
- Indio Falconer Downey as Harry Age 9
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Kiss Kiss is such a delightful bombardment, we barely notice that Black's convoluted, serpentine plot doesn't make a lick of sense.
Craig Outhier, Orange County Register
Fresh
Jumpy and ironic, Downey is a quicksilver delight and Kilmer is funny as the gay Perry.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Fresh
[Robert Downey Jr. is] the quickest, sharpest, slyest and wryest comic actor on the screen.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
[A] cheerful mess of a pulp-fiction parody, pumped full of laughs by Michelle Monaghan, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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