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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

  • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: In this spoof of cop buddy movies, a no-nonsense LAPD detective (De Niro) is forced to star on a reality-based TV show with a frustrated actor-turned-LAPD patrolman (Murphy).
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 34
  2. Negative: 18 out of 34
  1. From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that never flags.
  2. 60
    Chalk up another big-name star vehicle that fails to live up to a wealth of potential.
  3. A flat-out cynical attempt to launch a new Lethal Weapon-like franchise.
  4. 38
    No matter how much good will the actors generate, Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. TDizzle
    10
    this movie was hilarious, good stuff! Robert DeNiro's attitude is hilarious, and Eddie Murphy
  2. Showtime has a few moments that make you chuckle but the whole story seems discombobulated. You would think that a comedy with Murphy and De Niro would work....it should have but the storyline was just one that didn't allow the actors to really flourish in a buddy cop type movie. Drop the whole reality show premises and you might have had a decent flick but with it Showtime is just to unbelievable. Collapse

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