Gumshoe turned out to be much more esoteric and enjoyable than I was expecting (I was expecting an above average noir spoof but this manages to have its cake and eat it too). The supporting cast is a large reason for that and there is a very tight balancing act that Frears manages to achieve by playing his story and characters straight but still managing to spoof the genre with genuinely odd dialogue.
Indicator’s disc is a well reproduced older Sony master that largely looks terrific and does justice to the location shooting in early 70s Liverpool.
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