- Studio: First Look Pictures
- Release Date: Nov 20, 2009
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6.7
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 80 Ratings
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Positive: 59 out of 80
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Mixed: 8 out of 80
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Negative: 13 out of 80
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VicM.Mar 18, 201010Easily Nic Cage's best performance. Werner Herzog is a genius director!
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SusanA.Jan 3, 20109Full of surprises, very unique, Nicholas Cage is a blast.
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MarcBBJan 4, 20100
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PipsAApr 18, 20100
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DarylL.Apr 14, 20103Nicholas Cage is a convincing drug addict cop but the film overall is fragmented and thematically incoherent. Herzog struggled finding a way to end the movie. Val Kilmer was disappointingly non-existant in the film.
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RyanSApr 9, 20107Watch Nicolas Cage go crazy, use lots of drugs, and do pretty much the opposite of what his job entails in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
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PatrickL.Jan 19, 20100The worst movie of the year. Herzog cannot make a conventional movie. There is no dramatic tension, there is nothing. His best film is Kaspar Hauser.
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WoodyD.Jan 22, 201010
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EggyG.Jan 28, 20108This movie already twisted from the start....and gives more and more twist till the end...but surprisingly enjoyable...in twisted kind of way. Nicholas Cage is perfect for this role...sublime performance.
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MichaelJMar 25, 201010Excellent. 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.
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JamesG.Apr 6, 20109I've always enjoyed Herzog's films, because he's not afraid to make films he likes and he does not disappoint in this film. Cage is exciting to watch all the way through.
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Billc.Apr 9, 20105Pretty much a mess. It's entertaining at times , but can't deside what it wants to be. Is it a David Lynch film , in parts it seems like it. Nick Cage's tastes in film is just too odd. In the end , it feels like you've been taken for a ride that was a waste of your time.
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MjelcajonmjelcajonFeb 16, 201010This movie looks great, Very entertaining from the trailer. Great cast especially VAL KILMER. I feel that If Robert Downey junior can make a come back then Val can too.
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CesarPApr 11, 20109This movie was really "G" everytime Nicolas Cage said it was hilariuos. Great performance by Nicolas Cage and he is exciting to watch all the way through and great movie too
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KyriYApr 12, 20102Absolute 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.
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DanielRApr 13, 20100Cages performance is unconvincing and laughable. I thought it was terribly written and yet I sat through it thinking maybe the next scene will turn it all around. What a waste of time. Sharing this film's title (albeit tweaked) is a disgrace to the original film.
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TylerF.Nov 21, 20098A plethora of scenes bounce around self-aware; exuding a tremendous amount of humor throughout the feature. Comedic exertion occurs too often to entirely enjoy the two-hour crime film. Apparently you can have too much of a good thing in cinema; who knew it
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WinstonLNov 20, 200910Nicolas is on my Oscar-watch.
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JohnB.Nov 20, 200910Comeback for Nicolas Cage. Definitely a treat. Horrifying, chilling performance from Cage that I did not expect.
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MatthewP.Nov 23, 200910Nic Cage's best performance ever. He is un-be-lievable. Best movie of the year. Period.
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JayW.Nov 24, 20091Embarrassing, trite and ridiculous. Scenes (remember the alligator?) reflect the director's desperate attempt to make art of self-indulgency.
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JTDec 12, 20096I'm on the fence about this one. On one side, Nic Cage does an excellent job and "The Bad Lieutenant" is probably his best movie since "Adaptation". Also, I liked the fact that the film doesn't really on twists but still manages to surprise the audience. On the other hand, this is one of Werner Herzog's weakest films and none of the characters are very likable.
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AliceE.Nov 21, 200910
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QwertyNov 22, 20094Couldn'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.
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GLNov 25, 200910Fantastic.
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TomR.Dec 24, 200910
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Aug 13, 20108have never seen a Werner Herzog film and to tell you the truth I have never heard of him. After seeing Bad Lieutenant Iâ
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Nov 18, 20108
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Nov 10, 20102I couldn't figure out WTF this movie was about. I like Nick Cage and all that but really, what the hell was this? You're either gonna love it or want you're 2 hours back. PS. I will never in my life go to New Orleans.
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Nov 27, 20118Bad Lieutenant is a movie that you either get and like or dont and hate. I got it. Some may be disapointed by the story and its weirdness. I am interested in its character who nicholas Cage plays marvelously. Not to mention the iguanas. Overall great ride of a film
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Aug 11, 20127
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50Those expecting a return to the depravity and menace of Abel Ferrara’s 1992 notorious original will be disappointed.
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70There is a lot of very black humor; and it develops, somewhat surprisingly, into something suggesting a kind of cheerful pessimism.
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50The film is offbeat, silly, disarming and loopy all at the same time, and viewers will decide to ride with that or just give up on it, according to mood and disposition.