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Loose Cannons

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Loose Cannons (1990)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo,... A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo, and even the Wicked Witch of the West. Together they pursue a gang of marauding neo-Nazis in an attempt to capture a porno film featuring Adolph Hitler in bed with a man who is about to be elected chancellor of West Germany. [More]

Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis

Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Dom DeLuise

Director: Bob Clark

Director: Bob Clark
Screenwriter: Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson, Bob Clark

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A reeking stinker of a comedy.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

To put it bluntly, Loose Cannons is garbage.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/10/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Not one of the best efforts from either Hackman or Aykroyd.

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11/16/04
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

All of this must have looked wonderful on paper, but somehow the joy of it got lost in the translation from page to screen.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
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Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Fires nothing but blanks

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03/31/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

No review available.

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04/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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07/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Hackman mostly just stands around watching Aykroyd run through his exertions with the look of a man who has something unspeakable on the sole of his shoe.

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Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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Philip Martin
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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04/02/04
Robin Clifford
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Quite embarrassing, really, especially with the overacting of Dan Aykroyd.

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01/27/04
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

Comedy as a form of torture.

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Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Dan Aykroyd's dexterous multipersonality schtick is the only redeeming feature of this chase-heavy comedy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/10/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety

Mr. Hackman and Mr. Aykroyd deserve much better. They really do. Each gives a thoroughly professional performance that is consistently undercut by the direction of Mr. Clark.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
 
 
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