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Trixie (film)

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Trixie
Official DVD Cover
Directed byAlan Rudolph
Written byJohn Binder
Alan Rudolph
Produced byRobert Altman
Starring
CinematographyJan Kiesser
Edited byJohn Helde
Michael Ruscio
Music byMark Isham
Roger Neill
Production
companies
Pandora Cinema
Sandcastle 5 Productions
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$295,683[1]

Trixie is a 2000 American mystery-crime film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Will Patton and Brittany Murphy.

Plot

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Trixie Zurbo is an eccentric woman who longs to quit her job as a security guard in a department store and become a private detective. She finally gets her wish when she takes a job in security at a casino. She accidentally becomes involved in a murderous plot and Trixie takes her first case; however, her unschooled command of the English language and comedy intervenes and the mess begins.

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered on June 28, 2000 in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

Reception

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 28%, based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's critical consensus states "Boring and predictable script; not funny."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 26 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Trixie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Trixie (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Trixie Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
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