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V.I. Warshawski

1991 · 89 min

A breezy, wisecracking detective yarn with a soft heart, pairing a tough-talking sleuth with a plucky kid for an easy, mildly tense watch.

Directed by
Jeff Kanew
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Tagline
Killer eyes. Killer legs. Killer instincts.
Overview
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.

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Directed by
Jeff Kanew
Genres
Crime, Mystery
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • crime
  • family
  • grief
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
crime, mystery
Directed by
Jeff Kanew
Written by
David Aaron Cohen, Edward Taylor, Nick Thiel
Starring
Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals, Nancy Paul, Frederick Coffin, Charles McCaughan, Stephen Meadows
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
Jan Kiesser
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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