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Foul Play

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Foul Play (1978)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:14

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Sweet, unassuming librarian Gloria Mundy stumbles upon a plot to kill the Pope, who will be visiting soon. When Gloria realizes she's been marked for murder, she goes to detective Tony Carlson for... Sweet, unassuming librarian Gloria Mundy stumbles upon a plot to kill the Pope, who will be visiting soon. When Gloria realizes she's been marked for murder, she goes to detective Tony Carlson for help. Together the twosome set out to unravel the wacky but heinous murder plot. Along the way they encounter a deadly midget, a shadowy albino, a wild and kinky swinger (with an unbelievable bedroom), vanishing cadavers, and much more, culminating in a wild car chase through the steep streets of San Francisco. And as they make their way through all the lunacy, Gloria and Tony might just be falling in love, too... Chase and Hawn are the reason to watch this Hitchcockian update. [More]

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Marilyn Sokol, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Don Calfa, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast, Frances Bay, William Frankfather

Director: Colin Higgins

Director: Colin Higgins
Screenwriter: Colin Higgins
Producer: Thomas L. Miller
Composer: Charles Fox

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Mar 10, 2009

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The comedy/thriller plods on for too long with tasteless and witless physical comedy, though it has a few funny moments.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/09/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Writer Colin Higgins makes a good directorial bow.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/30/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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A funny, successful, and very derivative crime-comedy.

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10/30/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The film clumsily and sluggishly mixes humor and suspense and fails at both.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Unsatisfactory as a whole, the film is hilarious and tense in bits.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

Ocasionalmente divertido, traz Chase tentando se afirmar como galã de ação e Hawn encantadora como em quase todos os seus filmes da época. Porém, é um filme descartável.

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10/09/05
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Chevy when he was funny, Goldie when she was starting her heyday, and Dudley too. What a deal.

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07/08/05
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

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06/28/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Mr. Higgins's penchant for mixing visual elegance with coarse gags is equally ill-advised, especially because it makes him work the gags so hard.

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05/09/05
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Charming and goofy Hitchcock homage with great performances by Hawn and Chase.

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04/03/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Look out for the elf!

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03/01/05
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

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02/09/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

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12/26/04
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

brainless and silly... not that that's a bad thing

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11/13/04
Christopher Null
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03/22/04
Frank Swietek
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01/05/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Truly enjoyable thrill comedy in the Hitchcock mode.

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11/20/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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09/26/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

This is a finely tuned and fast-paced offering which is chock-full of black comic twists and perfect casting.

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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

Director Colin Higgins plays foul with the audience, constructing some of the most dishonest suspense sequences ever filmed.

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01/01/00
Dave Kehr
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Chicago Reader
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