Watching the Detectives (2007)

Neil, the owner of an independent video rental store, has his interest piqued by customer Violet. Soon she's a fixture in his life -- but only when she instigates a meeting. Every encounter is wacky and/or exciting and/or dangerous in some way.

Though the story here is pretty basic and the antics would be annoying (or at least exhausting) in real life, Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu have buckets of chemistry. That said, the romance is unlikely to stick with me for long. Instead, I'll remember the deep-dive film nerds who make up Neil's circle of friends. That's a bunch with whom I'd love to hang.

C+