An amiable but decidedly lukewarm confection geared entirely around the two star turns.
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12/08/07
City Heat (1984)
23 %
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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... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Director: Richard Benjamin
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Reviews for City Heat
1 - 13 (sorted by date)
Top CriticWhat 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.
12/08/07
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.
02/09/06
One wishes the only pairing of Clint and Burt were better, but City Heat is still fun.
09/08/05
No review available.
06/19/05
No review available.
04/28/05
How do travesties like this get made?
10/23/04
Top CriticOne of Mr. Benjamin's main contributions to the film is a good-humored buoyancy, even when things are at their most muddled.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
03/05/04
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11/20/03
No review available.
08/22/03
In the end, it is all pretty woeful.
05/24/03
Under the direction of last-minute replacement Richard Benjamin, the results are insufferable -- grotesque, chaotic, demoralized.
01/01/00
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