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Fatal Beauty (1987)

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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 3

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Rita Rizzoli (Whoopi Goldberg) is a crusading narcotics cop assigned to track down the source of some killer crack cocaine in this pretentious and preachy anti-drug crime drama. Rita poses as a prostitute and is soon hot after two small-time hoods (Brad Dourif and Mike Jolly) who murder their way up the drug-dealing ladder in hopes of becoming kingpins. Cheech Marin and Catherine Blore provide interesting cameos in this feature that co-stars Ruben Blades and Sam Elliott. Contains stereotypical

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Action & Adventure, Comedy

Feb 6, 2001

MGM Home Entertainment

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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (9)

The wisecracks and the swaggering are as unrelieved as the film's almost comically ecstatic gunplay. Someone must have figured audiences like things this way.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Goldberg's best work since The Color Purple.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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Bloody, boring and pandering, is as poisonous as the drug trade it pretends to defame.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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Tom Holland directed from a script and story credited to three individuals, anyone could have knocked this one out during coffee break.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Whoopi Goldberg is at her sassy, funny best in this upbeat 1987 cop caper, playing a Los Angeles detective who takes no nonsense and is ready for anything the badass guys can dish out

January 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile

A lackluster Beverly Hills Cop rip-off.

September 28, 2005
Fantastica Daily

So-so Whoopi comedy-thriller. There are worse things and she's made some of them.

November 25, 2002
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

what night's rubbish night again?

September 17, 2002
Moviehole

Whoopi's a cool lady, but she's done a lot of stunningly awful movies. This is (easily) one of the worst.

July 29, 2002
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Audience Reviews for Fatal Beauty

One of only two Whoopi led films that I can not only stomach but actually really like. Sure the action is a little on the cheesy side, but the writers actually did a little more than whip up a script over the weekend with Goldberg in mind. From the name of the character one might think they had an Italian actress in mind. Regardless it's a good female-led action cop movie.
August 12, 2011
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Jonathan Phaup
This wasn't a bad flick, but Whoopi really didn't know how to pick them...Really, Rita maybe but Rizzoli no way "
April 7, 2010
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