Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

A few months ago, I ordered a film from Netflix that I had heard about, but never saw an ad for in the theater, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [KKBB]. It stars Robert Downey Jr. and it's not only as good as Iron Man, it's better in a lot of ways.

It's got incredibly funny writing, interesting visuals, and it's fast-paced. It was probably low budget, and sometimes the scenes feel that way, but that doesn't distract from the film's great qualites.

Here's a confession. I decided to write my tiny review here after reading a much better on here. If you click on that you also get to watch video clips which I, being a computer idiot, cannot reproduce here.

The only big detractor for me, as a parent, was the amount of cussing in the film. There was also some nudity, but nothing major.

I hate politically correct warnings about films. I hate "parents' guides" to films. I just find them silly. I don't want to read something like "Entertaining, but children under 5 might find the sight of a woman's naked behind too much, and the frequent use of the word 'piss' is distracting." Oh puh-leeze.

However, in the interest of fairness, I have to say: If you are the average, typical, politically-correct yuppie parent you will probably be horrified and pissed off at me if you show KKBB to any child under 16.

If you are a religious conservative do NOT see this film.

If you don't fall into either of those categories, rent KKBB. It's a smart, funny film.