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| ACTORS: | Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Tom Dey |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 15 March, 2002 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Dolby, DTS Surround Sound |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 085392244027 |
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Customer Reviews of Showtime (Full Screen Edition)
Funny, But Don't Expect Too Much "Showtime" is one of those films where you can pretty much call out everything that's going to happen right before it happens. Very predictable. It is, however, good for a few laughs and an hour and a half of entertainment if you go into it not expecting too much. There are some good one liners and the comedy from Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro are strictly the same comedy you always see from them. Nothing new.
Basically, the movie is about DeNiro being forced into doing a reality show about cops and having to be partnered with Eddie Murphy who he doesn't think is a good cop. That's about it. The plot is weak at best. The acting is good (due to the two main stars incredible acting ability and experience) but the talent is somewhat wasted on a poor script. There really isn't that much "action" one or two good action sequences, but even those aren't that exciting. Much more dialogue than anything else and when you factor a weak script into that scenario you get "Showtime"
Again, the movie isn't that bad, but you just can't expect too much. It'll cure 90 minutes of boredom. I am an enormous Robert DeNiro fan and this is why I saw it even amidst the many bad reviews. Mr. DeNiro, please make a movie that isn't a comedy...I'm not saying your bad at comedy, but I'd like to see you back in a role you were born to play! Please stop wasting your talents on mediocore scripts. Go for the gold again!!
The dvd is decent. Good picture and sound, not much in the way of extras. A commentary track but not with Eddie or Bob so basically worthless. My reccomendation is: Rent it don't Buy it.
Showtime? Maybe some other time...
This is gonna sound really wacky, but I swear to God it's the truth: the only reason I was even remotely interested in watching "Showtime" was to see Eddie Murphy, Robert DeNiro, and William Shatner all working together in the same scene. I dunno why, but for some reason seeing this thespian trifecta working together was one of those once-in-a-lifetime deals that I never thought would ever happen in a million years. And I gotta admit, watching Shatner showing the other two guys how to be a T.V. action-show cop was pretty entertaining, and a nice bit of self-satire of his T.J. Hooker character. And yes, I DO need to get out more often, now that you mention it...
Other than the moments featuring the man formerly known as T.J. Hooker, however, I found "Showtime" to be a reasonably entertaining if rather ordinary spoof on reality shows. Eddie Murphy does his trademark smart@$$ routine here, which has gotten pretty old and stale over the last decade or so. And DeNiro probably did his part to fulfill some sorta contractual obligation. Fortunately, I've seen both leads do a lot worse in some of the other movie roles they've chosen over the last decade or so. But I've also seen 'em do better as well (DeNiro more so than Murphy). To boil it all down, "Showtime" had a few somewhat funny moments, a couple somewhat touching cute moments, and a somewhat fresh action scene (the bad guys' garbage truck hauling a police cruiser on its dumpster forks around the streets of downtown L.A.), but it ain't really all that different from other buddy-cop-action flicks that have come down the pike since the genre was born. Also, I didn't find it quite entertaining enough to be a "repeat viewer" type of movie.
Oh well, there's always "T.J. Hooker" reruns... heh.
'Late
Sh*ttime.
That's it. That's my whole review.