Plainclothes is a 2025 romantic thriller drama film directed by Carmen Emmi and starring Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth.
Set in 1990s New York and inspired by true events, a working-class undercover officer is tasked with entrapping and apprehending gay men, only to find himself drawn to one of his targets.
[2] Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth were confirmed in the lead roles in March 2024.
[3] That month, Amy Forsyth and Christian Cooke also joined the cast,[4] as well as Maria Dizzia, John Bedford Lloyd and Gabe Fazio.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.