6.7
Mike Hammer
1984
A noir-rotic comedy
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.
Stockholm SyndromeSep 20, 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.3Broken up after his breakup with his girlfriend Suzanne, Jonathan Ames reads through Farewell My Lovely, his favorite book by Raymond Chandler. Enlivened by the novel, Ames places an online advertisement as an unlicensed private investigator. His first unwitting client who seeks his services is a 19-year-old girl looking for her missing sister.
The Alanon CaseSep 27, 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.1As Jonathan tries to mend his relationship with Suzanne, another case falls onto his lap. This time, he is tasked by a woman named Jennifer to gather proof of her boyfriend Gary's infidelity. Jonathan, who learns his new client loves to drink as much as he does, tracks down Gary and stumbles upon an unsatisfying outcome.
The Case of the Missing ScreenplayOct 4, 2009 · 26m · ★ 6.0While attending a New York film society function, George introduces Jonathan to a filmmaker, who asks him to rewrite a screenplay. Later, he goes out with a party girl and leaves the script at her home, which happens to be a shrink's office. Jonathan asks Ray to pose as a patient to recover the script. Meanwhile, George encounters his ex-wife and her smug new husband.
The Case of the Stolen SkateboardOct 11, 2009 · 22m · ★ 5.8Jonathan is hired to reclaim a kid's stolen skateboard from the neighborhood bully while Ray helps out a lesbian couple who wants to start a new family. George tries to woo a young publicist at the opening of a new restaurant in Brooklyn.
The Case of the Lonely White DoveOct 18, 2009 · 30m · ★ 7.5A recently-paroled Russian enlists the services of Jonathan to search for the object of his infatuation, a songstress known only as "The Lonely White Dove." He checks out the bar where she sings and convinces Suzanne, Ray, and Leah to have dinner there the following night without revealing his primary intention. George gets in touch with his feminine side to boost his magazines' dipping sales.
The Case of the Beautiful BlackmailerOct 25, 2009 · 30m · ★ 6.1Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort is using to extort money from a married New Jersey man. With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well. Can the very stoned Ray and George save Jonathan's neck before the woman's enraged brother breaks it?
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.
Jason SchwartzmanJonathan Ames
Zach GalifianakisRay Hueston
Ted DansonGeorge Christopher
Heather BurnsLeah
Oliver PlattRichard Antrem
David RascheBernard
Jenny SlateStella
Halley FeifferEmily
Zoe KazanNina
Laila RobinsPriscilla Antrem
Olympia DukakisBelinda
Olivia ThirlbySuzanne
Mary Kay PlaceKathryn Joiner
Patton OswaltHoward Baker
Alex WyseSteven
Mary SteenburgenJosephine
Samantha BeeRenee Dalton
Bebe NeuwirthCaroline Taylor
Amy SpangerKitty
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