The surprise ending can be spotted a mile off, but it's still enormous fun getting there.
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02/02/09
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:27
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Master comedy director Frank Oz (BOWFINGER, IN & OUT) sets two con men against each other in a struggle for a French seaside town, the perfect territory for duping gullible and wealthy vacationers.... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Barbara Harris
Director: Frank Oz
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Reviews for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
An amusing comedy whose strengths and weaknesses both stem from the broad treatment of the material.
02/02/09
A great scam comedy with Martin and Caine continually trying to top each other. Hilarious from beginning to end.
03/27/03
No review available.
05/28/04
Hilarious.
10/06/05
No review available.
07/26/02
A very funny and entertaining film that should be recommended as an example of something that is rather absent in Hollywood these days -- stylish and well-crafted comedy.
08/24/01
No review available.
09/03/04
There is a slightly perfunctory air in the way the story unreels as though it's all been done before. Nevertheless, Caine and Martin make a great double act.
08/28/01
Martin, the most eloquent of physical clowns -- the Baryshnikov of comedy -- is at his most inspired here. He parodies feelings, attitudes, states of mind that one would think were exempt from it, and his caricature of dapper suavity is killingly precise.
01/01/00
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A classic comedy!
02/20/02
It deals in genuinely funny situations, not just funny personalities.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/28/03
No review available.
05/25/04
Hilarious but uneven.
06/05/04
No review available.
08/22/02
The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun, and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple.
01/01/00
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