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The Singing Detective (2003)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Ty Burr "There are only two reasons to see the film, and the main one is Robert Downey Jr." more... C   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...an honorable failure." more... C+ E! Online "...a rather dull, boring and strange (in the worst way) musical." more... D   filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "Stylistically, the film is a mess..." more... C   New York Post Jonathan Foreman "Ambitious but awkward." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "...its themes jut out awkwardly, rather than being enfolded in drama or spectacle." more... C- ReelViews James Berardinelli "...it accomplishes its goals without seeming to force things." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "Likable, not lovable." more... C+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak "The movie aches for more humanity." more... C   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)