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Stakeout (1987)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:15

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love... While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love affair, while his young partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), waits across the street, looking through his binoculars and fuming. But the woman's ex-boyfriend (Aidan Quinn), a crazed, escaped convict who is the real object of the stakeout, is on his way back to see her and poses a very dangerous threat to the new couple. Director John Badham's entertaining blend of action and humor highlights the comic timing and chemistry between Dreyfuss and Estevez, who deliver first-rate performances. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Forest Whitaker

Director: John Badham

Director: John Badham

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Aug 13, 2002

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  • Stakeout
  • Acclaimed director John Badham delivers a winning combination of action, suspense, comedy, and romance! Convinced that a danerous escaped convict (Aidan Quinn) is headed for his ex-girlfriend's (Madeleine Stowe), a pair of Seattle detectives (Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez) stakeout her apartment. The watch remains routine until one of the detectives begins a high-risk romance with the woman under surveillance -- jeopardizing not only the partners' careers ... but also their lives!
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    Variety

    Beats the Lethal Weapon movies at their own game.

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    08/11/05
    Alex Sandell
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    Juicy Cerebellum

    One of the better buddy films from the 1980's.

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    01/29/03
    Blake Davis
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    KFOR Channel 4 News

    An OK cop-buddy film; nothing special here. Not one of Badham's best.

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    08/22/02
    Bob Bloom
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    Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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    Fantastica Daily

    One of the best action comedy films to date. Estevez and Dreyfuss are the ultimate duo.

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    Daniel M. Kimmel
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    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    Enough sophomoric jokes about sex to keep it pleasingly diverting.

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    Dreyfuss and Estevez have true comedic chemistry.

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    Michael A. Smith
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    Dullsville

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