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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The deliriously enjoyable noir comedy-thriller Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang does nothing by halves and everything by doubles.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Once again making a diverting but insubstantial movie look better than it is, Downey, with haggard charm to burn, is winning all the way. Kilmer is riotous at times as an impeccably groomed, businesslike guy keen to assert his orientation at every opportunity.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Downey and Monaghan are wonderful at playing characters that compensate for the harshness of their past with flippant swaggers.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang contains a lot of comedy and invention, but doesn't much benefit from its clever style. The characters and plot are so promising that maybe Black should have backed off and told the story deadpan, instead of mugging so shamelessly for laughs.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayMike Clark

  All three actors give it their all, but Monaghan stands out with a sexy yet oddly down-to-earth variation on the Midwest girl gone wrong, thanks partly to a dark dysfunctional family secret.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesDana Stevens

  It's just a movie with no particular reason for existing, a flashy, trifling throwaway whose surface cleverness masks a self-infatuated credulity.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Turns into a film that is too ostentatiously pleased with itself, so in love with its own cleverness it doesn't notice it's darn near worn you out.

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