From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that never flags.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Tom Russo
Would seem to be surefire casting. The catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie's funny in the opening scenes and then forgets why it came to play.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The moment Showtime begins to take itself even remotely seriously, it loses whatever edge it might have had -- and that occurs less than 15 minutes into the proceedings. The best time for Showtime is no time.Read Full Review »
50
USA Today: Mike Clark
De Niro's scowl and Murphy's sass are inherently funny, though in this case both actors are forced to call in moviegoers' long-established goodwill.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
So pleased with its own spoofy conceit it stays in annoyingly self-amused, predictable mode.Read Full Review »
38
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
A flat-out cynical attempt to launch a new Lethal Weapon-like franchise.Read Full Review »
30
Salon.com: Charles Taylor
Isn't particularly assaultive, but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase, explosion or gunfight again.Read Full Review »
30
The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Plays every convention twice, once as parody and once by the book, but the movie, trying to be two things at once, fails at both.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
De Niro seems to be reacting to nothing so much as the lame movie he's stuck in.Read Full Review »
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