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Tuxedo, The
DreamWorks Distribution LLC
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence, sexual content and language
Starring
Jackie Chan,
Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Jason Isaacs,
Debi Mazar,
Ritchie Coster,
Peter Stormare,
Mia Cottet,
and
Romany Malco
Suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of espionage and paired with a rookie partner (Hewitt) even less experienced than he is, cabbie-turned-chauffer Jimmy (Chan) becomes an unwitting - if impeccably dressed - secret agent. (DreamWorks)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Michael Leeson
Michael J. Wilson (also story)
Phil Hay (story)
Matt Manfredi (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Kevin Donovan
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 25, 2003
Video: February 25, 2003
Theatrical: September 27, 2002
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
Marks Chan's full arrival as an actor. Take away the violence - - and there's plenty of it for those who crave Chan's physical pyrotechnics -- and he's still an immense pleasure to watch onscreen.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The jokes are as fresh as rotten eggs and the direction stoops to the occasion.

60
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Chan is still able to project the boyishness and insecurity of the new kid on the block. But even those aren't enough to make Tuxedo a black-tie affair.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Chan needs a foil, and Hewitt, while perky, doesn't project nearly enough comedy weight; she's too slight and tailored for his style.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A breakthrough for karate comedy king Chan, but not necessarily the kind we've all been waiting and hoping for. It's an ultra-digitized DreamWorks show crammed with elaborate special effects, the kind that physical-stunt specialist Chan has always avoided.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
You know you're in trouble when 50% of the running length is devoted to plot exposition, and the movie still doesn't make any sense.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
It's a fun gimmick -- the sartorial equivalent of those red shoes in the fairy tale that made an ordinary girl dance like Terpsichore -- if not an altogether fun movie.

50
Baltimore Sun
Roger Moore
If it weren't for a few genuine Chan novelties and the presence of the goofy Jennifer Love Hewitt, this much-delayed and re-edited mess would be a total loss.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
This ill-fitting Tuxedo is strictly off-the-rack.

42
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
In The Tuxedo, ridiculously, Chan's just a suit. A suit walking Jennifer Love Hewitt's breasts around. Chan deserves better.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Feather-light and proudly goofy, this Jackie Chan action comedy appears to be aimed squarely at under-12s.

40
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
May have been tailored just for Mr. Chan, but it still feels like off-the-rack garb. And by now, Mr. Chan deserves much better than a hand-me-down suit that smells like a rental.

40
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Jackie Chan is thoroughly wasted in a bad suit and a witless comedy.

40
Variety
Robert Koehler
This bad idea is then underlined by pallid direction from tyro helmer and TV ad vet Kevin Donovan, a virtually incomprehensible plot line and a less-than-satisfying co-starring turn from Jennifer Love Hewitt.

38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The material in this spy spoof is, pardon the pun, awfully frayed.

38
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is silly beyond comprehension, and even if it weren't silly, it would still be beyond comprehension.

30
Village Voice
Ed Park
The only possible surprise in The Tuxedo would be an extended demonstration of what was once Chan's trademark, the daffily choreographed kineticism forbidden of late by either his own age or the scruples of story editors.

30
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
A frenetic, busy, expensive machine that looks good but runs on autopilot.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
This movie is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States.

30
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
The film is ultimately more labored than inspired. A cameo by James Brown is amusing, but it can't keep The Tuxedo from earning the distinction of being Chan's worst Hollywood film to date.

25
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Who writes this stuff, anyway? Does this not sound like utter gibberish? Surely, this film did not actually get made, did it? Yes, it did. I have seen it. But you, oh, fortunate one, don't have to. Consider yourself lucky.

25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Ray Conlogue
It's a comic-book idea that might have been fun. But it's beyond the reach of first-time feature director Kevin Donovan, who squanders his main asset, Jackie Chan, and fumbles the vital action sequences.

25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Jackie Chan finally has met his match, an opponent so deadly that none of his considerable talent or charm can fight it -- a bad movie

20
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
In a truly terrible action adventure called The Tuxedo, a high-tech monkey suit turns Jackie Chan into an all-powerful cyborg, and will turn you into a boredborg.
20
Chicago Reader
Bill Stamets
Inept script delivers a series of juvenile gags.

10
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The result isn't merely ludicrous, it's something far worse. It's drab. It's uninteresting. It squanders Chan's uniqueness; it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt!
0
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Most indicative of The Tuxedo's mediocrity, however, is the absence of the always entertaining action outtakes that traditionally roll under the end credits of Chan films; here it's all dialogue flubs barely fit for Dick Clark.


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