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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for The Irish Times (483) on 16 Mar 2023

Neeson is, of course, perfectly capable of chewing through the quips while carrying the city’s sins on his broad shoulders…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Mar 2023

There’s a little bit of fun and interest along the way and Lange has some fun with her eccentric persona, but this feels under-energised…

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By Natalia Keogan (119) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Feb 2023

The 70-year-old Neeson lacks both the physical stamina and charisma to pull off the Marlowe character; his fight and action sequences are…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 21 Feb 2023

Liam Neeson is the dullest denizen of this particularly unctuous Hollywood After Dark…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 17 Feb 2023

Despite a stellar cast, Marlowe doesn’t rise to the occasion, stumbling along without ever finding its footing…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Feb 2023

Revisionist this may be, but it’s done with smarts and, sure ... perceptiveness and sensitivity…

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By Erick Massoto (19) for Collider (1,032) on 15 Feb 2023

Luckily, Neeson’s performance is compelling enough to keep you interested, even though as the case unfolds you realize that it’s going…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 15 Feb 2023

The mystery isn’t all that engrossing, and the picture devolves into some CYA third act over-explaining to compensate for that…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 15 Feb 2023

The movie doesn’t exactly do Philip Marlowe a disservice but neither does it successfully re-invent the character for a new era and its…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 15 Feb 2023

As much as Neeson might seem to have the special set of skills required to play Marlowe, his detective feels hollow and maybe a little too tired…

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By Christian Gallichio (84) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Feb 2023

Marlowe isn’t the catastrophe that others may make it out to be, but it’s instead just inert, forgettable immediately after the credits…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 15 Feb 2023

Less intriguingly convoluted than concussed into lifelessness, “Marlowe” is the cinematic equivalent of a word salad: It parrots all…

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By Ethan Vestby (87) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 15 Feb 2023

This picture, somewhat of a beguiling genre experiment that seemingly nobody asked for, initially seems like a bad throwback, but in its…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 15 Feb 2023

There’s nothing here that sparks surprise. The film remains mechanical and stilted, like some grim combination of taxidermy and ventriloquism…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 15 Feb 2023

While the star adequately acquits himself, Neil Jordan’s throwback noir is a cover song that knows all the notes but can’t capture its…

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By Ray Greene (127) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Feb 2023

A small elegance, expressed in decent production values, terse pacing and long lateral camera takes, is the main thing director Neil Jordan…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 15 Feb 2023

The cast is large and the costume and set designers have been kept busy with period details, but “Marlowe” neither dutifully copies nor…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 14 Feb 2023

There are few surprises or misdirects or red herrings involved with this all-too-solvable mystery, let alone subtext or commentary…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Feb 2023

For all the authentic genre tropes on display, Marlowe never comes to life on its own, lacking the verve or wit to make it feel anything…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Feb 2023

Nobody’s ever going to match Bogart’s iconic work opposite Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks’ 1946 classic, but Neeson delivers a…

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