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Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

  • Starring: Kerri Kenney, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
  • Summary: While visiting Miami Beach for a national police convention, the bumbling cops of Comedy Central's "Reno 911!" must leap into action when the convention center is attacked by bioterrorists.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 22
  2. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. Reviewed by: Michael Esposito
    75
    This is not high art. It might not qualify as low art. But it is 90 minutes or so during which people can put their brains on the shelf and enjoy a few laughs.
  2. Reviewed by: Alex Chun
    60
    Often mildly amusing but rarely laugh-out-loud funny, the film works best in scenes with a distinct Miami flavor.
  3. It probably cost less than the catering budget of average Adam Sandler comedy and, in its own hit-and-miss scattershot fashion, it's about as funny. At least when it hits.
  4. The filmmakers assume familiarity with the show's documentary premise and in-jokes (e.g., deputy Garant giving all his commands in French), which will make the movie even less accessible to novices.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Negative: 8 out of 19
  1. HilG.
    10
    LOVED IT!!!! It is not supposed to be fine art or oscar material. It is supposed to make you laugh outloud at how inept the deputies and Dangle are. Hilarious brainless entertainment. :) Expand
  2. BilB
    8
    Reno 911 did what it was made to do. Make people laugh. I laughed my butt off.
  3. ThomasM.
    7
    Fans of the show won't be disappointed. People new to Reno 911 should brace themselves for improvisation and satire next to the more conventional humor shown in trailers. DVD extras include extended segments where the actors are allowed to just keep inventing punchlines -- great stuff. Expand
  4. PatrickT.
    4
    The opening scene, with Danny DeVito, immediately let me know that this movie was going to disappoint - uninspired, contrived, embarassing. Don't get me wrong, there are some hilarious scenes (especially the shot of the motel where you can see into all of the officers' room windows at once and what they're all simultaneously "doing"). But for every one hilarious scene, there's one that only bemuses you, and two that make you groan. Expand

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