Daryl Zero, of course, is really Sherlock Holmes. The Zero
Effect is a
great movie, one of the funniest crime films in a long while.
It's literate
and witty, and gosh, just everyone should go see it. It's not
really
hardboiled, but anyone who ever enjoyed reading any Sherlock
Holmes stories
will definitely be hearing echoes. Daryle Zero (Bill Pullman)
is the
"world's most private eye," amateurish musician and drug
addict (sound
familiar) and Ben Stiller is his frontman, Steve Arlo. Steve
meets the
clients, does the legwork, narrates the film, and generally
acts as a sort
of nineties' Watson. Really fun. And it was written by the
twentyish son of
Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, Big Chill, etc.).
And, um, that's who Daryl Zero really is. Do I win anything,
Reed?
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Kevin Smith
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