Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Reviews

Martin and Caine scam women. Not for young kids.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

An amusing comedy whose strengths and weaknesses both stem from the broad treatment of the material.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

The surprise ending can be spotted a mile off, but it's still enormous fun getting there.

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A wonderfully crafted, absolutely charming remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story.

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Near classic comedy of con artists on the loose with Steve Martin and Michael Caine playing off each other.

| Original Score: 5/5

There's little enough to keep you occupied as Caine and Martin go through their comic set pieces in workaday fashion while the film moves mechanically from one contrived situation to the next.

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Hilarious.

| Original Score: 4/5

Hilarious but uneven.

| Original Score: 3/5

Worthy conmen comedy with a great cast.

| Original Score: 4/5

Their comic methods are different, but from their first unequal encounter until the very last in a series of twist endings, Mr. Caine and Mr. Martin work together with an exuberant ease that's a joy to watch.

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A great scam comedy with Martin and Caine continually trying to top each other. Hilarious from beginning to end.

| Original Score: 3/5

Shoulda been funnier than it is.

| Original Score: 3/5

Caine and Martin are criminally cool together. Truly funny stuff.

| Original Score: 4.5/5

A classic comedy!

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

For fans of the 'old' Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is an interesting case study in how an actor can evolve in ability, but devolve in likeability, over time.

Full Review | Original Score: 61/100

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

It deals in genuinely funny situations, not just funny personalities.

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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.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4