The thing about this movie that makes it so special to me is the fact that no matter how many times I've watched it before, it always (and I mean always) manages to crack me up and leave me gasping for air. Val Kilmer is the bomb.
But yeah, it's 2:01 AM and I'm too tired to write a decent review so yeah, um... This movie is funny. (!)

Wow, I feel sore. I mean physically, not like a guy who's angry in a movie in the 1950's - Harry

Sore is how my sides are after watching this again. The 'single bullet in the gun' scene is one of the funniest scenes ever!

Downey Jnr, Val Kilmer and Shane Black somehow take a moderately decent detective story and weave it into something magical!

The script is pretty much perfect, I don't understand how Shane Black has barely done anything since? Having written some amazing scripts, with this being the best, he has pretty much disappeared!

Ironman and Iceman together is a brilliant combo, mix in Michelle Monaghans flawless legs, a severed finger and a bittersweet ending and you have the near perfect film!!

It seems reductive to compare something so fresh and original to other films, but Kiss Kiss Bang Bang feels like a hybrid mix of Lethal Weapon, Out of Sight, Chinatown, Midnight Run and Tarantino movies. It's got that perfect "buddy cop" chemistry, the unravelling mystery plot, the noir-ish sensibilities, the smart meta dialogue and fourth-wall shattering, the riotous black humour, the sharp, lightning-quick quips, the note-perfect timing, the surprising violence, the stylish, inventive direction, the sublime casting, the highly watchable characters... it's got everything, and nails every aspect to an absolute T.

So naturally, it's fucking awesome.

From the terrific chemistry between Robert Downey, Jr. and a never-better Val Kilmer to the outstanding, hilarious script from Shane Black, everything is worthy of so much praise. It's hilarious, clever and highly entertaining, weaving a deceptive, excellent story around the genuine laugh-out-loud comedy.

I can't believe it's taken me this long to see this film. Hilarious, devilishly smart and knowingly meta, a fast-paced detective romp that I can't wait to visit again. After the success of Iron Man 3 I hope Shane Black is given a blank slate to do whatever the fuck he likes, because this film is fantastic.

A little mixed on this one. I laughed out loud a fair number of times, but also believe the film thought itself to be much more clever than it really was. Too many jokes about Val Kilmer's character being gay and I've also grown somewhat tired by Downey's shtick, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it.

Favorite joke: At the end when Harold says "Hey, maybe nobody died," and Abraham Lincoln walks into the room. Very silly, I know, but I laughed.

Super solid noir update with reviving performances from Kilmer and Downey Jr. Well, not as reviving from Kilmer, even though he is great in this.

"No! The definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are!"

This felt like the role Val Kilmer was born to play. Every line so coolly but appropriately delivered.

How Perry and Harry get caught up on this wrong-place wrong-time crime comedy was a little bit strange. Why did Kilmer need Downey's help with his surveillance/videography of the incest? I'm not sure, especially since they had just met. But who cares? The rest was great.

The dialogue was amazing, I can now see what people were talking about in their Iron Man 3 reviews. The narration actually worked pretty well for me and the action sequences were all pretty believable. Bonus, bonus, bonus.

The 2000's Miller's Crossing as far as being a hidden gem of the decade. Great performances, wide appeal, and funny as hell.

If you love films in any way, this is a must see.

Weird that this movie has aged much better than I remembered it. I remember at the time there seemed to be a glut of these post-Guy Ritchie/post-Tarantino crime/caper films and I think I mostly threw this one into the pile, not realizing it's more of a tribute to the Philip Marlowe/Raymond Chandler style of books and films. Normally I'm not big into these meta, hyper self-aware films, but the chemistry between the cast and that dynamite script overcome any of those preconceived notions. The pre-epilogue ending might be a little too "actiony" for a film of this caliber, though.

Tony Stark as a thug and actor!

This is the first pre-2008 film I have seen that stars Robert Downey Jr., and it is easy to see how he was able to complete his comeback. Having just seen Iron Man 3, there were a lot of similarities between the two films. Other than having the same director and lead actor, the Christmas setting(a common backdrop for Shane Black's films) and the Downey narration were two things that stood out.

The tongue-in-cheek narration was a little annoying at first, but it set in after a while. I decided it was a storytelling technique that I am not used to seeing, and so the film was something original. I ended up liking it more than Iron Man 3, probably because the running time for KISS KISS BANG BANG was a good 30 minutes shorter. This helped keep the detective story front and center, and the film never dragged on as a result.