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Trixie

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27% Tomatometer 48 Reviews 23% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino, working undercover keeping an eye out for pickpockets. Trixie meets an assortment of colorful regulars: Kirk Stans, the casino's lounge act who drinks too much and is a dead-on mimic; Ruby Pearli , a glamorous, young and knowledgeable barfly; and Dex Lang, a raffish ladies' man who pays attention to Trixie in a way that's hard for her to ignore.
Trixie

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Critics Consensus

Boring and predictable script; not funny.

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Gavin Smith Film Comment Magazine 04/10/2018
Alan Rudolph's Trixie is a delightful mystery/conspiracy thriller genre pastiche, full of his customary inversions, mirrorings, and visual mischief. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy Variety 12/31/2006
C-
Despite a star cast (Nick Nolte, Emily Watson), Rudolph's comedy-mystery is a minor, trivial film that tries to be whimsical but lacks humor or fresh angle on the Hollywood's cherished genres of noir and screwball. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 01/01/2000
1/5
Despite its occasional flashes of brilliance (every Rudolph film has them), this unsavory stew never comes to a boil. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 11/04/2007
3/5
Film Threat 12/06/2005
3/5
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 07/11/2005
2/5
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steve d 07/03/2020 Rotten Tomatoes is correct The film drags, you are always 3 steps ahead of the script and there is not one drop of humor. See more 09/19/2015 Screwy is as screwy do See more 06/23/2011 I loved how she ran Metaphors together, & somehow they worked See more 12/27/2009 What were they thinking when they made this movie? There's not enough action in this to make it an action movie, not enough character development to make it a character movie, not enough fun to make it a comedy. It's barely got enough plot to make it a movie at all, but only barely. The dialogues are mostly tedious, the malapropisms are not funny, and the red herrings are fishy. Emily Watson gets a couple of points for cuteness, but cuteness doesn't make a movie. A major disappointment. Alan Rudolph has done much better than this. See more 09/15/2009 ** (out of four) The film idea probably looked much better on script paper than on the big screen. Emily Watson is a quirky detective in Alan Rudolph's madcaper film. Though the plot is plodding, the most annoying element is having the lead character talk in backward riddles. Some are funny. Most are not. See more 09/06/2009 What was this unfunny crapola? Only the phrase turns were funny, but could have been so much more in capable hands. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino, working undercover keeping an eye out for pickpockets. Trixie meets an assortment of colorful regulars: Kirk Stans, the casino's lounge act who drinks too much and is a dead-on mimic; Ruby Pearli , a glamorous, young and knowledgeable barfly; and Dex Lang, a raffish ladies' man who pays attention to Trixie in a way that's hard for her to ignore.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Producer
Robert Altman
Screenwriter
Alan Rudolph, John Binder, Alan Rudolph
Distributor
Sony Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Sony Pictures Classics, Sandcastle 5 Productions, Pandora Cinema
Rating
R (Violence|Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 28, 2000, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$294.9K
Runtime
1h 57m
Sound Mix
Surround