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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
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69 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

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  • Starring: Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage
  • Summary: In Werner Herzog’s new film Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves. Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. (FirstLook Studios)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    No one is better at this kind of performance than Nicolas Cage. He's a fearless actor. He doesn't care if you think he goes over the top. If a film calls for it, he will crawl to the top hand over hand with bleeding fingernails.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    60
    Cage is not quite Aguirre or Fitzcarraldo in the Big Easy. But his performance hits all the right mythopoetic beats, rising above the thin script and late-night-cable aesthetic.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    The film is an exasperating bore.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 8 out of 30
  1. MichaelJ
    10
    Excellent. DO NOT MISS. For yourself, see a movie worth its salt. Maybe the best, certainly the most underrated cinema of 2009. Anyone who doesn't think so, doesn't really like movies, maybe coffee table books are more their thing.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Qwerty
    4
    Couldn't believe only two hours had elapsed; felt like forever. And did they let Cage get hold of a pair of scissors while blown away? Title ought to have been The Bad Haircut.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. KyriY
    2
    Absolute crack. Terrible music, convoluted story, and an over the top performance by a once good actor. If you want a real flavour of New Orleans watch "Treme" the new series from the creators of the wire.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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