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* ModestyBedsheet: Despite multiple steamy sex scenes, the only nudity in the movie is a rear view of Neil at the end.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Despite multiple steamy sex scenes, the only nudity in the movie is a rear view of Neil at the end.end, and the ''tiniest'' glimpse of the front.
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So the trope isn\'t subverted, it\'s simply not used.
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* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Subverted - Neil is white and Violet is Asian, but their relationship has nothing to do with them being a biracial couple, and Neil hardly seems to be picky with the women he dates in terms of their race. Also, Violet is far from being fitting the stereotype of the submissive Asian woman.
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''Watching the Detectives'' is a 2007 comedy-mystery film starring Creator/LucyLiu and Creator/CillianMurphy.
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''Watching the Detectives'' is a 2007 comedy-mystery film starring Creator/LucyLiu and Creator/CillianMurphy.
Creator/CillianMurphy. Cillian Murphy is Neil, a mild-mannered video store owner who's always play-acting to add excitement into his life. Lucy Liu is Violet, an absolutely insane woman who comes into Neil's life and turns it upside down. Neil is left wondering whether an interesting life really is a curse and Violet begins to wonder if maybe she's met her match...
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''Watching the Detectives'' is a 2007 comedy-mystery film starring Creator/LucyLiu and CillianMurphy.
Creator/CillianMurphy.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Cillian Murphy's largely known for being in heavier dramatic films, and his comedic movies tend to be more like [[BlackComedy black comedies]]. This is more of a straight up comedy.
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* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Subverted - Neil is white and Violet is Asian, but their relationship has nothing to do with them being a biracial couple, and Neil hardly seems to be picky with the women he dates in terms of their race. Also, Violet is far from being fitting the stereotype of the submissive Asian woman.
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* NerdsAreSexy: Neil is a huge noir film fanboy.
* PlayingAgainstType: Cillian Murphy's largely known for being in heavier dramatic films, and his comedic movies tend to be more like [[BlackComedy black comedies]]. This is more of a straight up comedy.
* PlayingAgainstType: Cillian Murphy's largely known for being in heavier dramatic films, and his comedic movies tend to be more like [[BlackComedy black comedies]]. This is more of a straight up comedy.
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''Watching the Detectives'' is a 2007 comedy-mystery film starring Creator/LucyLiu and CillianMurphy.
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!!Tropes
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The main character, Neil, is a Manic Pixie Dream Guy who aggravates everyone with his strange antics and quirks, but then Violet comes along and out–Manic-Pixies him by taking the reckless and unusual behaviour to quite troubling extremes.
* ModestyBedsheet
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: The guys at the rental store discuss how to keep a secret password secret if they had an underground casino. Later on, it turns out Violet works for an underground casino and when the owners find out he got in by saying the secret password, they have an argument similar to the earlier scene.
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''Watching the Detectives'' is a 2007 comedy-mystery film starring Creator/LucyLiu and CillianMurphy.
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!!Tropes
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The main character, Neil, is a Manic Pixie Dream Guy who aggravates everyone with his strange antics and quirks, but then Violet comes along and out–Manic-Pixies him by taking the reckless and unusual behaviour to quite troubling extremes.
* ModestyBedsheet
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: The guys at the rental store discuss how to keep a secret password secret if they had an underground casino. Later on, it turns out Violet works for an underground casino and when the owners find out he got in by saying the secret password, they have an argument similar to the earlier scene.
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