Marlowe | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

A not insignificant portion of the dialogue is so hard-boiled you can see the cracks [but] a couple of bright spots in the starry cast [and] handsome production values keep the movie slinking along well enough.

Marlowe isn’t perfectly hard-boiled, but it isn’t scrambled either. It’s fun and it’s fast: Information and wisecracks are packed into every minute of every scene to the point of giddiness.

Marlowe is a stale and pale slab of noir which mistakes narrative crowding and useless exposition for plot and character development and relies on violence and explicit depictions of tinsel town depravity to attempt engagement.

The ensemble cast, though elegantly dressed with fedoras, three-piece suits, berets and perfectly cut dresses are strangely disassociated from the happenings on screen