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Starsky & Hutch (2004)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 121 | Rotten: 68

It's uneven and occasionally somewhat aimless, but Starsky & Hutch benefits from Stiller and Wilson's chemistry and a surprisingly warm-hearted script.

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 13

It's uneven and occasionally somewhat aimless, but Starsky & Hutch benefits from Stiller and Wilson's chemistry and a surprisingly warm-hearted script.

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Movie Info

Starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in the title roles, this kitschy tongue-in cheek action comedy is based on the popular 1970s cop show of the same name. Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (Wilson) and Dave Starsky (Stiller) are a tough pair of plain-clothes cops who drive a red and white Ford Torino and solve cases with the assistance of their informant, Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg). While investigating their latest case, the duo realize that the culprit is none other than Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn), the

PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Todd Phillips

Written By: Scot Armstrong, Todd Phillips, John O'Brien

In Theaters: Mar 5, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Jul 20, 2004

Box Office:$88.2M

Warner Bros. Pictures

Stiller and Wilson look bewildered.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

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A sterling supporting cast -- down to the tiniest bit parts -- provides enough astringent intelligence to make the slobbering sentimentality go down with ease.

March 18, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

Moves slowly and without much grace; it tries to jiggle laughs out of us instead of letting them flow freely.

March 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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There is a comic-book devouring, Playboy-stashing adolescent male heart thumping rather sweetly at the core of this homage-spoof.

March 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

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A scattershot cop comedy that aims its parodistic firepower not at any single target -- least of all its namesake -- but at an entire decade.

March 5, 2004 Comment

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

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A really good not-great movie, the kind that would be classified as a guilty pleasure were it not executed with guilt-free honesty and good nature.

March 5, 2004 Comment

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Top Critic

Silly, but lots of fun for older teens.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Hollywood continues yet again to draw its source material from television which this sub-par adaptation of a classic television show.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Stiller and Wilson are far less serious than their television role models (Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul) but still drive the hell out of the souped-up Ford Gran Torino muscle car that boosted the show's visual appeal.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

A buddy cop movie filled with genuine laughs.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

The film is as clever as it is silly, more warmhearted than sentimental and just as irreverent as it is nostalgic.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Cartoonish but clever, with the bulk of the fun coming when Wilson's wry wit meets Stiller's impatient officiousness head-on. Sophomoric, yet probably the best of the recent TV retreads.

April 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics

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Kam Williams

Princeton Town Topics

Not exactly politically correct, but you'd be hard pushed to find a single mean frame.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Empire Magazine

Too amiable to cook up anything truly memorable...

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Todd Phillips strikes nostalgic gold, squeezing just enough comedy out of the buddy cop formula to keep it afloat during its brisk 95-minute runtime.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com

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Jason Zingale

Bullz-Eye.com

Had the script actually had a direction it would've helped.

March 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

A pleasant diversion that vanishes from your mind right after you watch it.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic

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Ethan Alter

NYC Film Critic

Though the gags aren't always funny, I usually had a smile on my face.

December 6, 2004 Comment

J. Robert Parks

Looking Closer

Who could have anticipated that Snoop would be the saving grace of a major studio buddy flick?

November 19, 2004 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

People were laughing at my screening, but I couldn't understand what it was they were laughing at.

October 7, 2004 Full Review Source: tonymedley.com

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Tony Medley

tonymedley.com Source: tonymedley.com

Director Phillips pays loving tribute to the show and spoofs buddy-cop flicks, all while trying to stay in step with the Seventies.

August 13, 2004 Comment

James Plath

Reel.com

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Starsky and Hutch is a diverting and inventive waste of time. No attempt was made to create a serious take (like Michael Mann's horrendous Miami Vice film version) on the iconic TV show, but instead to use it as fodder for frothy, pointless retro fun, jam packed with some of the 70's cheesiest pop classics,

January 27, 2012

Josh Morris

Super Reviewer

The story sometimes feels like its a bit flimsy and it certainly doesn't provide much action or the man-childedness of Hot Fuzz. But it benefits from chemistry between Stiller and Wilson and it did make me laugh.

December 22, 2011

Michael Miller

Super Reviewer

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