#marlowe 2022

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This distinctive wicker chair with a wide oval back is seen in From Here to Eternity (1953) and later seen in The Addams Family (1964) and seen in The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Bottomless Pit (1966) and many years later seen in Horrible Histories in Series 4 Episode 9 (2012) and later seen in Marlowe (2022)

[frommybookbook]

#9: Marlowe (2022)

For my Marlowe Movie Master List, we're starting off with both the worst of the 9 adaptations and the most recent: the 2022 Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger and made for Amazon Prime.

I don’t have much to say about this movie because I couldn’t make it past the first 10 minutes. It’s not even an adaptation of a Raymond Chandler novel, it’s based on some 2014 novel that “features” Philip Marlowe and I’m going to assume it completely misses the point of hardboiled fiction. I'm tempted to say this doesn't make it a true Philip Marlowe movie, but if the James Bond movies after License to Kill count as canon for that fandom, then this does too.

Normally I love Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger so much that I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt in anything but this was just awful from the first scene. Neither one seemed to be making any effort—Neeson wasn’t even attempting to do an American accent (neither was Kruger but that may have been in character for her, I can’t say). Even the background shots playing behind the opening credits were a caricature of Golden Age Hollywood and the LA of the 30s. I have no intention of giving this one a second chance because there’s too many other good movies out there I haven’t seen.

Overall movie score: 0/5, I couldn’t get through the first scene

Marlowe score: 0/5, Neeson wasn’t even trying, for crying out loud he didn't even attempt to do an American accent

Perry Mason score: 0/5, unsurprisingly there weren't any Perry Mason actors of any sort involved with this film

For a reminder of why I started this series and how I'm rating these movies, you can check out my master Marlowe post. I'll be posting my reviews/rankings of the remaining 8 Marlowe movies using the tag #Marlowe movies so if you're interested, follow along!

[orlaogden]

Jessica Lange as Dorothy Quincannon in Marlowe (2022)

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A ★★½ review of Marlowe (2022)

I liked the part with the thompson. I went into this with the strong impression that it was going to be a bad movie, but it exceeded my expe

I liked the part with the thompson.

I went into this with the strong impression that it was going to be a bad movie, but it exceeded my expectations by instead being mediocre.

Some of it was kind of interesting, but then just as much of it was oddly flat and sedate. Liam Neeson was okay I guess. Daniela Melchior showed up for like 10 minutes and gave such a bad performance it's remarkable they didn't cut it.

Surprisingly okay.

[blackramhall]

-What do you think i'll find inside? -The bust of Nefertiti. The Ark of the Covenant. Maltese Falcon. -Nothing more significant? -What more could you want?

Raymond Chandler's Marlowe - Neil Jordan (2022) Based on The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville

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