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Bait (2000)

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26

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 61

Even though Jamie Foxx shines in Bait, the movie suffers from music video roots and a formulaic script that strains credibility.

22

Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 18

Even though Jamie Foxx shines in Bait, the movie suffers from music video roots and a formulaic script that strains credibility.

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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 11,642

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Movie Info

In this action comedy, a crook trying to go straight finds himself lured back to crime by the police, without his even knowing it. When master criminals Jasper (Robert Pastorelli) and Bristol (Doug Hutchison) pull a heist that nets $40 million in gold but leaves behind several dead policemen, detective Edgar Clenteen (David Morse) pulls out all the stops to put the thief behind bars. Jasper is jailed and ends up sharing a cell with Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx), a habitual small-time criminal who

Jan 23, 2001

$14.9M

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Director Antoine Fuqua ... serves up every cliche in the book.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: CNN.com
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Despite its genre trappings, Bait is an entertaining and occasionally clever picture with a crackling peformance by Jamie Foxx.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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This film wastes a lot of good actors.

January 1, 2000
Chicago Tribune
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Instead of a tiger in its tank, this vehicle for Foxx has a lot of formula.

January 1, 2000
Boston Globe
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It's funny and clever, and it grows on you.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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Well paced, but weak on story, character, and variety, "Bait" is an underwhelming effort from director Anton Fuqua.

May 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
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...a really good 80-minute action movie trapped inside an overblown two-hour suckfest.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
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includes all the key ingredients for what Hollywood passes off as an "urban comedy." ... The finale of "Bait" finds a screaming infant and his drugged mother strapped to a bomb -- funny stuff, huh?

June 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo Gazette

...appears to be what typical Hollywood producers think typical audiences want. I guess I'm not typical.

April 16, 2002
Movie Metropolis

To sum it up in critic-speak, Bait doesn't stink, but it's not very appetizing.

September 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Movie Habit
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Audience Reviews for Bait

"Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy"... That's how Flixster would categorize "Bait". Well, this film fits none of the previous mentioned genres. I would categorize it to the genre called 'crap'...

It's hard to imagine that the star of this film is Jamie Foxx, the Academy Award winning actor from "Ray". In this movie he's nothing but a obnoxious, little wanna be gangsta. The other cast members ain't doing a better job either...

The film is just a total waste of time and talent. David Morse, Antoine Fuqua... There's talent available but not in here.
January 6, 2009
TheMachinist

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Crazy funny!
December 23, 2007
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