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Summary: Moldy movie
Review: If you haven't seen a movie in the last 20 years, then some of the comedy may seem fresh. Otherwise, you will find this a boring rehash of dumb jokes.
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Summary: I really liked this movie!!!!
Review: "Showtime" is a fun comedy starring two movie stars who I never thought I would see paired: Eddie Murphy and Robert Deniro.They made a great pair and a good chemistry working together as two cops who are on a reality t.v. show (think: cops & big brother mixed together). Deniro's character, Mitch Preston, wants nothing to do with it, and Murphy's character, Trey Sellars, is an actor as well as police officer, is pysched to be working as an actor. Even thought their characters don't really have much in common, they somehow seem to blend well together and balance each other out.
Mitch is divorced and spends much of his spare time doing pottery, this does little to add to the plot, but is more of a sideline.
Trey is a quick talking, "dumb" cop type, who is trying really hard to be an actor along side his career as an officer of the law.
Rene Russo is the only other name in this snappy little comedy. She plays Chase Renzi, a pushy t.v. journalist who wants to use Trey and Mitch to her advantage to get ratings. Not her usual kind of role, she pulls it off anyway. She does a great job in
her supporting role.
This was a genuinely good comedy, and I really liked it. I laughed a lot!!!! It was really funny.
Even though it is somewhat predictable, it is also a very entertaining film. There are some good performances here, and I think Murphy and Deniro were great together. Highly recommend this one for fans of comedy genre, but especially fans of Deniro and Murphy Eileen Famiglietti
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Summary: Great Actors With A Stupid Script
Review: I'm giving this movie two stars because I did enjoy this movie, but not so much as to pay for a rental...It's kinda like Turner and Hooch...a good movie when its on TBS, but who would buy it. The premise for this movie is that De Niro plays a tough cop that gets himself into a situation with the news media, and to get out of it....he has to star in a new reality tv show about cops...kinda like cops but always with the same cops. Murphy plays an actor who is a cop (his day job), that really doesn't seem to care about much except stardom. I just can't believe that De Niro would get involved with a film of this nature...it doen't make sense to me....lets put it this way....if De Niro wasn't in this movie, I wouldn't and I don't think many other people would be so hard on it. De Niro....man....what were you thinking. If you want to watch a movie about reality tv, watch Edtv because that is atleast pretty darn funny...all the humor this movie has are one-liners about previous De Niro characters. Wait for it on TBS...then you won't be dissappointed.
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Summary: At least it's not Beverly Hills Cop 8...
Review: OK, DeNiro is one of the great dramatic actors of our generation. He's done some light comedies (Midnight Run, Meet the Parents), some light drama (Falling in Love), and, well, his masterpieces (Godfather, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, etc.) Sadly, his comedic range is limited. He plays the same kind of detached, slightly confused and cynical character in all his comedies. Now, add in Eddie Murphy, who has NO range whatsoever except loud and obnoxious and smart-talking. What do you get? Well, a so-so comedy with two actors of limited comedic range pretending to be the subjects of a "reality" TV show that's "more real" than "Cops." Murphy's a wanna be actor, so he's up for the gig. DeNiro shot a television camera (yeah, right) and the network says it'll won't sue if he'll star in the reality cop show called, doh, "Showtime." This tepid movie has "formula" written all over it. You just KNOW DeNiro's gonna be the stand-offish partner who in the end comes around, and you KNOW Murphy is going to be loud, obnoxious and, well, even more loud and obnoxious, and, worse, laugh that cheesy laugh of his. Rene Russo is one-dimensional as the producer of the show and, of course, she and Bob get a little romance going by the end of the movie. How cliche! My family was about to give up on this DVD about one-third of the way through when it FINALLY began to get somewhat interesting and we ended up sitting through the rest of the movie. My 10-year-old son liked it a lot more than the grown-ups, and I just kept watching DeNiro and thinking, "What a waste of talent!" It's not the worst comedy of the year. Hands-down, that goes to "The Royal Tenenbaums." But it's nowhere near the best. If you want to just kill a couple of hours with brainless, formulaic comedy, then this is just your kind of movie. If you like a little more intelligence in a movie, skip this and do something fun, like clean the house.
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Summary: What a Waste of Talent!
Review: I saw Showtime yesterday and was very much disappointed. What I anticipated to be a comedy/action film similar to Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon, pairing two of the most talented actors around today, turned out to be mediocre film at best.
Both, De Niro and Murphy were visibly uncomfortable, and their scenes together seemed forced. Pity, because I believe with a better script, and tighter direction, it would have worked beautifully, as much as the pairing of De Niro and Billy Crystal did in Analyze This.
The idea of the film is quite good though, filming a reality cop show, with a tough no nonesense cop( De Niro) and his forced partner, a show off aspiring actor cop (Murphy).But the whole thing remains an idea, and it does not develop well on screen.
Granted, Murphy has some good moments, as he always does, and De Niro is one of the best actors of all time, but sadly it is a waste of their talents.
I hope they pair these two actors in another film, with a better script and director,
So don't bother even renting this film, let alone think of buying it.
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Summary: One funny popcorn flick
Review: It's the chemistry between De Niro and Murphy that makes Showtime work, because it's certainly not the script or Tom Dey's uninspired direction
familiar going-over in Showtime, an action-comedy buddy movie with Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy as cops who form an unlikely team, chasing bad guys on the streets and fame on television.
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Summary: Funny, But Don't Expect Too Much
Review: "Showtime" is one of those films where you can pretty much call out everything that's going to happen right before it happens. Very predictable. It is, however, good for a few laughs and an hour and a half of entertainment if you go into it not expecting too much. There are some good one liners and the comedy from Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro are strictly the same comedy you always see from them. Nothing new. Basically, the movie is about DeNiro being forced into doing a reality show about cops and having to be partnered with Eddie Murphy who he doesn't think is a good cop. That's about it. The plot is weak at best. The acting is good (due to the two main stars incredible acting ability and experience) but the talent is somewhat wasted on a poor script. There really isn't that much "action" one or two good action sequences, but even those aren't that exciting. Much more dialogue than anything else and when you factor a weak script into that scenario you get "Showtime" Again, the movie isn't that bad, but you just can't expect too much. It'll cure 90 minutes of boredom. I am an enormous Robert DeNiro fan and this is why I saw it even amidst the many bad reviews. Mr. DeNiro, please make a movie that isn't a comedy...I'm not saying your bad at comedy, but I'd like to see you back in a role you were born to play! Please stop wasting your talents on mediocore scripts. Go for the gold again!! The dvd is decent. Good picture and sound, not much in the way of extras. A commentary track but not with Eddie or Bob so basically worthless. My reccomendation is: Rent it don't Buy it.
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Summary: with all that said, it's still possible to enjoy Showtime
Review: In the beginning It's hard to see how anybody wouldn't like this fun little film. It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors .
this is a movie. A good, old-fashioned, suspend-all-disbelief, Hollywood comedy that leaves you laughing The cast and crew of "Showtime" do a credible job of melding the buddy-cop
film genre with our society's penchant, lately, for the whole reality television business.
I had serious doubts about"Showtime" expected a combination of
"48 Hours," Beverly Hills cop~ and the plethora of buddy-cop movies, and not much more But, though there is a lot of all of these flicks in "Showtime," I have to admit I had a good time watching these veterans play off of each other
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Summary: DeNiro and Murphy give hilarious performances in "Showtime"!
Review: "Showtime" is, hands down, the funniest action-comedy ever since the "Rush Hour" films and the "Lethal Weapon" series! As for the performances from Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy, they were the best performances that I've seen in a long time. In fact, since Murphy hit it big with the "Beverly Hills Cop" series. And to me, I think that you very rarely see DeNiro in a comedic role, not to mention when he was in "Meet the Parents", and that it is such a great departure from his usual tough-guy action roles. "Showtime" focuses on Mitch Preston (DeNiro), a 28-year police veteran who, during a sloppy bust one night, inadvertedly crosses paths with another cop named Trey Sellars (Murphy), or a.k.a. "Ice Trey". When the TV stations arrive to film the bust, Mitch loses his cool and shoots the camera, which results in making the front page news and a lawsuit from the TV station that owned the camera. One of the executives, Chase Renzi (Rene Russo) likes what she sees in Mitch and decides to create an idea for a "reality" based cop show, and the lead is none other than...Mitch Preston, whom Chase invisions him as a real-life "Dirty Harry". When Chase is given the green light, she and her assistant, Annie (DeNiro's daughter, Drena DeNiro) go out to try to convince Mitch to do the show, but Mitch refuses. And that doesn't go too well with his boss, Capt. Winship (Frankie Faison), who gives Mitch pretty much a reality check on his career if he doesn't do the show. And so Mitch agrees. Now Chase has to think of a partner for Mitch, and soon enough, that part went to none other than Trey Sellars, who is struggling to become an actor, and whom Mitch absolutely refuses to work with! But pretty much, Mitch has no choice as they are now partners for their new cop show in which Sellars describes as "SHOWTIME"! And hilarity, trouble, and action ensues from there on. "Showtime" has everything that you'd expect from a Robert DeNiro film...action and a few unexpected laughs! And everything you'd expect from an Eddie Murphy film...action and highly expected laughs! This is the second film from director Tom Dey ("Shanghai Noon") in which he did a brilliant job with. With a top-notch cast, including a special appearance by William Shatner, explosive action, and lots of comedy, "Showtime" has it all! A great DVD must-own!
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Summary: Eddie Murphy is pretty good but
Review: Awful writing. There are about 2 funny jokes. And by the way, who is going to tell Robert de Niro that he can't do comedy? First Meet the Parents, now this. He needs to be a tough guy again.
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