I won't bore you with a plot outline - suffice to say there isn't a discernable plot. I won't bore you with all the myriad of reasons why this film should be avoided. Suffice to say that if it ever screens in an American cineplex it will be too soon. It is exactly this type of directionless, choiceless, pretentious, thoughtless drivel that makes the American film industry a frightening thing to behold. I've seen a smattering of insufficiently considered, poorly executed films this year at the Toronoto Int'l Film Fest, but this is, by far, the worst. And it is worse still for having such a fantastic, talented, ambitious cast. For their sake and that of the would-be audience, I hope no one else finds themselves sitting in a darkened theater (home or otherwise) staring at a title card that reads 'The Singing Detective.' Get out while you can.
Review of The Singing Detective
