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Excellent but underrated film

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Think about it: if you met someone who was constantly saying things like "I'm absolutely ravishing, where's the food?" or "does she have any relatives she might be related to?", would you laugh or would you just look in amazement, wondering what the hell is wrong with that idiot? The answer to that question will determine your reaction to "Trixie" as a comedy, since this misuse of well-known expressions and phrases is the movie's ONLY attempt at humor. It's a shame to find such an interesting actress as Emily Watson playing such an uninteresting character. There is also a mystery, and it's pretty tired, but it does offer one good surprise at the end, so I guess the movie earns a ** out of 4 rating.

This movie has grown on me immensely. The first time I saw it, it struck me poorly. I didn't like the plot or characters. I've seen it twice since then. I was surprised to find how funny it was a second time. Truth be told, Trixie is the sweetest detective ever written. She's obsessed with the truth and lives by no other code, solving the case almost by accident. There is a sexy all star cast to back her up and they all play magnificently. The real joke of the movie is Trixie's ability to get well known sayings wrong, which is explained by her injury as a child from a bowling ball on the head (mentioned very quickly in a hospital scene). She says things like, "Stop right there where you are in your tracks!" Her timing is perfect and Ms. Watson's performance is endearing. Good show, all around.

What more can I say. This movie is simply a disaster from beginning to end. The acting is terrible, even from the "big names" - Nick Nolte and Nathan Lane, both of whom looked through most of the movie as if they'd really rather be anywhere but on this set. Someone somehow got the idea that a movie about a woman who wants to be a private investigator but who isn't very bright and can never seem to choose the right word at the right time would be funny. Believe me - it isn't.A typical "funny" line from the script sums it up well: "I'd like a black pot of coffee, please." "Sorry, we only have silver pots." Maybe there's something wrong with my sense of humour, but folks - that really isn't funny. In fairness I suppose there were a couple of moments. When Trixie makes the boys who tried to mug her undress at gunpoint and kiss the ground - OK, I smiled a bit. And the encounter between Senator Avery (Nolte) and Trixie's friend Ruby (Brittany Murphy) at the restaurant was amusing, but I honestly can't think of anything else that tickled my funny bone, and in the end I just found myself looking repeatedly at my watch wishing this thing would end. (At almost two hours it is just interminable.)About halfway through the movie Sen. Avery looks at Trixie and says "I just don't see the point." A feeling shared by anyone who watches this movie and then wonders why it was ever made.Because of the two chuckles I mentioned above I'd like to give this 1.5/10, but - alas - there's no half point here at IMDb. And it just doesn't reach the necessary heights to gain a 2, so there's no option - 1/10.

Easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen, (and that's saying a lot considering that I've seen a lot of bad movies) Trixie makes you want to stick your hand in boiling water just 10 minutes into it. I honestly became so bored while watching it that I began staring at the ceiling hoping the movie would end - but it didn't! The 'comedy' in the movie surely didn't make me laugh - instead it made me want to wretch and cringe at how dirty I felt just for watching it! My emotions ranged from curiosity (at how someone could write such crap), boredom (at several points in the movie, I thought about how a test pattern would be more entertaining), and stupefied horror at how long this movie lasted. 'What a waste,' I said to myself as hit the eject button before that lousy excuse for a movie ended. As I drove the movie back, I wondered,'What sort of moron would direct, act, write, or green light that movie?'* When I arrived at the rental place, I felt a sense of shame and embarrassment as I awkwardly jammed the movie in the return slot. I really hope no one saw me.*This is a part of my theory of why there are so many endangered species out there; Hollywood has collected them all up and is letting write and direct movies!