A bedridden novelist reinvents his latest screenplay in his head, recreating himself as a private detective on the hunt for Nazis. Unfortunately, fairly delirious, his story becomes mixed with childhood memories and nightmares that make his new story just a slight bit better than hell.

MOVIE REVIEW

Robert Downey, Jr. heads a great cast that includes Robin Wright Penn, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody and Mel Gibson, but little can be said about The Singing Detective, a remake of the 1986 TV miniseries. Both are written by Dennis Potter.
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