Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Critic Reviews

It's a merry deconstructive delight and easily the best party in town.Read the full review

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.Read the full review

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

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.Read the full review

Robert Downey Jr. is perfect as Harry. He brings the right mix of cynicism, self-doubt, and unpretentiousness.Read the full review

Shane Black creates a movie that is defiantly smartass and too cool for the room. I couldn't have liked it more.Read the full review

Has some hilarious moments and still succeeds in dramatic terms.Read the full review

The comic surface of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is all polished brilliance, with surprisingly few dull patches...The movie doesn't deliver in the kiss-kiss department, though.Read the full review

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