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Hit and Runway

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Hit and Runway reviews
48
7.0 User Score:

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Based on 14 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Jaffe Cohen
Christopher Livingston

Directed by: Christopher Livingston

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 2, 2001
DVD: July 30, 2002

Running Time: 108 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language, sexual content and some violent images

Starring Hoyt Richards, John Fiore, Teresa DePriest, Bill Cohen, and Jonathan Hogan

In this comedy of culture clashes, a straight Italian restauranteur (Paducci) and a gay Jewish man (Jacobson) team up to write a screenplay about an undercover cop working in the fashion industry.

What The Critics Said

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80

Film.com Tom Keogh

What makes Hit and Runway uniquely fun, however, is the unapologetic extent to which Livingston and Cohen turn it into an index of beloved Woody-isms.

80

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Surprisingly smart film.

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A little gem, a sparkling comedy with serious undertones about friendship, self-discovery and artistic integrity.

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63

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Does have a sort of endearing, earnest charm. But it would take much more than good intentions to save a film that rehashes cliches and concepts so unabashedly.

60

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Hits the wall and runs off the rails. They should've stuck to shtick.

50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Predictable and agonizingly politically correct.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

Crams more subplots, minor characters and comic situations into 100 minutes than most sitcoms burn through in an entire season. And that's not necessarily a good thing.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan

Individual moments in Hit and Runway are quite funny, but as a send-up of action-movie mindlessness, the movie is sometimes as dumb as its targets.

50

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

For a little while, comedy ensues.

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50

Boston Globe Jay Carr

A mildly diverting gay-straight odd couple comedy that has just enough bright one-liners to carry it past its plot structuring.

40

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Hit and Runway is a case of the emperor's old clothes: drab, sentimental rags that desperately want to be something else.

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38

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A shame that this indie's willingness to trade in stereotype leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

30

Village Voice Jessica Winter

A show about nothing—its jokes based on stick-figure stereotypes, its lunges at humanism premised on imbecilic pity.

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30

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

The fictionalization of their journey is simply not that engrossing, nor are their alter egos, with their tightly scripted character arcs.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John J. gave it a 7:
All criticisms valid but the movie admits them out front and still engages not based on pity but humanity of male-male bond whether sexual or situational.

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