An amiable but decidedly lukewarm confection geared entirely around the two star turns.
City Heat (1984)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:3
Rotten:10
Average Rating:3.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A hardboiled cop teams up with a shady private eye to put a couple of gangsters behind bars. Though the cop and the PI were once best of buddies, now they don't trust each other. But as the two... A hardboiled cop teams up with a shady private eye to put a couple of gangsters behind bars. Though the cop and the PI were once best of buddies, now they don't trust each other. But as the two work on the case, they slowly recapture their friendship learn to work together when the wise guys threaten a young chanteuse. [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Jack Nance
Director: Richard Benjamin
Director: Richard Benjamin
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Reviews for City Heat
What could have been an interesting and funny period piece under the directorship of original screenwriter Edwards is turned into a tedious, infantile mess by director Benjamin.
It's certainly not a subtle movie, but with memorable performances, ludicrously over-the-top one-liners and amiable zaniness, it qualifies as a lot of fun.
One wishes the only pairing of Clint and Burt were better, but City Heat is still fun.
One of Mr. Benjamin's main contributions to the film is a good-humored buoyancy, even when things are at their most muddled.
Under the direction of last-minute replacement Richard Benjamin, the results are insufferable -- grotesque, chaotic, demoralized.
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