Flutterby™! : Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Hot on the heals of my disappointment in Cars, a film that wallowed in film cliché, I'm gonna rave about Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a film that revels in film cliché. It's been a long time since both Charlene and I were spontaneously laughing at a film, but this one did it for us.

I'm having trouble figuring out how to describe the film, but at least Jette had similar difficulties while raving about it. It's very film-noir with staccatto dialog, extremely aware of the audience, and while there are a few gruesome bits, every time that standard film convention would require it to get really graphic, it doesn't.

Further, I think that if you're a regular filmgoer there are probably several levels of in-jokes and references that we missed, and we still laughed.

Recommended.