A tragedy replayed as farce, and probably the funniest film I've seen all year.
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03/19/10
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:83
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Befitting its unorthodox origins, this Bad Lieutenant benefits from Werner Herzog's typically fearless direction and a delightfully unhinged Nicolas Cage in the title role.
Theatrical Release:Nov 20, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $1,616,556
Synopsis: In Werner Herzog’s new film “The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans,” Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Director: Werner Herzog
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Reviews for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Although it shares a title and a certain seedy charm with Abel Ferrara's 1992 "Bad Lieutenant," this remake really marches to the beat of its own, jittery, crack-addicted drummer.
03/12/10
Sometimes director Werner Herzog - a master, for nearly four decades, at blending the bizarre and the mundane - does let you in on Cage's motives. But just as often, he delivers a life, and a world, of random mayhem.
03/12/10
A Vicodin-coke-heroine habit propels Nicolas Cage's warped detective as the big emoter scores in the Big Easy. Werner Herzog's Bad LT. is genuinely weird entertaiment.
02/11/10
Nicolas Cage goes off the deep end even more than usual in the crazily entertaining, Werner Herzog-helmed Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans.
02/05/10
No one can breathe life into a crazed character like Nicolas Cage can.
02/02/10
You'll go a long way to find anything playing right now that's as downright peculiar as Werner Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orelans.
02/01/10
Diferente do original em tom e estrutura, este novo filme do mestre Werner Herzog carrega propositalmente na bizarrice de seu protagonista, suavizando sua deprimente decadęncia a ponto de torná-la grotescamente divertida.
01/14/10
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01/14/10
Cage's increasingly crazed and manic performance is very watchable.
01/07/10
Cage, who usually goes gonzo with gusto, underplays this monster. That spoils the fun.
12/30/09
In a year filled with audacity (Antichrist, Inglourious Basterds), nothing is cheekier and as out and out ballsy as The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans.
12/19/09
Nicolas Cage is out of his mind in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans. And it's wonderful to see.
12/18/09
Top CriticWhile watching Cage in Bad Lieutenant I felt like a crack fiend myself: No matter how much I got it was never going to be enough.
12/18/09
As usual, Herzog works the madness for any poetry he can find...
12/17/09
I think I had more fun watching Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (twice) than I did at any other movie this year.
12/11/09
A depraved, perfect storm of cinema.
12/11/09
The script has some scuzzy, jokey appeal, and I like it that instead of trying to hide them, Herzog tosses the movie's ridiculous coincidences right in our faces as if daring us to duck.
12/11/09
a bizarre amalgam of source material, director and star that's just nutso enough to work
12/06/09
Cage and Herzog click together better than just about any first-time actor & director combination in recent memory.
12/04/09
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December 17, 2009:
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