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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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    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 04:21 AM

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    comment Comment | Oct., 09 2005 01:11 PM

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    Michael E. Grost

    Dullsville

    comment Comment | Aug., 20 2005 02:07 PM

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    4/5

    Alex Sandell

    Beats the Lethal Weapon movies at their own game.

    comment Comment | Aug., 11 2005 01:15 PM

    Juicy Cerebellum

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    3/5

    Emanuel Levy

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    comment Comment | Jun., 15 2005 12:57 PM

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    4/5

    Michael A. Smith

    Dreyfuss and Estevez have true comedic chemistry.

    comment Comment | Jan., 09 2005 12:00 AM

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    B

    Dennis Schwartz

    Enough sophomoric jokes about sex to keep it pleasingly diverting.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 11 2004 05:02 PM

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    3/5

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    comment Comment | May., 28 2004 07:43 AM

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    4/5

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    3/5

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    comment Comment | Jun., 26 2003 07:28 PM

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    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 21 2003 05:20 PM

    New York Times

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    4/5

    Blake Davis

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

    comment Comment | Jan., 29 2003 09:44 AM

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    3/5

    Rob Vaux

    An adequately wacky cops-and-robbers caper. Sharp dialogue and good chemistry between the actors make up for its routine plot twists.

    comment Comment | Jan., 15 2003 05:56 PM

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    4/5

    Jeffrey Westhoff

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    comment Comment | Oct., 17 2002 04:07 PM

    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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    4/5

    Clint Morris

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

    comment Comment | Sep., 18 2002 10:55 PM

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    Philip Martin

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    comment Comment | Aug., 29 2002 08:54 AM

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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    Bob Bloom

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

    comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 04:03 PM

    Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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    Desson Thomson

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    Washington Post

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    Dragan Antulov

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