Thanks to an attractive cast and an air of amiability, much of it works.
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Held Up (2000)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:5
Rotten:24
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Lackluster performances and fluff humor can't keep this wreck from sinking.
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12/10/01
There's enough nice timing and character surprises to make it click at least half of the time.
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01/01/00
Even if it isn't much of a comedy, at least it's a good-spirited one. The cast gives it their all, but the material is hopeless.
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01/01/00
Which is scarier: Foxx, abandoned in a hick town, caught up in a botched robbery attempt; or you, trapped inside a theater, forced into watching this god-awful movie?
01/01/00
By the end, even the irrepressible Mr. Foxx seems tired and defeated.
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03/24/03
In this disjointed comedy, Foxx is just a Murphy clone.
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01/01/00
It might be Foxx who's the hostage in Held Up, but by the time the static, feeble movie crawls to a close it's the audience that will feel trapped.
01/01/00
There are points in the movie where you think you're ready to laugh, but, like the movie as a whole, they don't amount to much.
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Top CriticEastin's plot never strays from the predictable nor creates the proper comedic tension and urgency needed for the story to work.
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I'd rather be held up than have to sit through this again.
01/01/00
Scenes begin with an amusing premise and a few laughs, but quickly fizzle as the jokes become increasingly one-note.
01/01/00
Held Up is a fish-out-of-water comedy that is all wet from the start.
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Top CriticThis slow and talky sitcom may leave its paying customers feeling Held Up.
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