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Held Up
Trimark Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language, violence and sensuality
Starring
Ian Black,
Nia Long,
Grant Bolton,
and
Jake Busey
Upon learning that her fiance Michael (Foxx) has spent their savings on a Studebaker, Rae (Long) dumps him. The car in question is then stolen and Michael is taken hostage.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Jeff Eastin (also story)
Erik Fleming (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Steve Rash
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 29, 2000
Video: August 29, 2000
Theatrical: May 12, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
89 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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59
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
A pleasant and surprisingly polished fish-out-of-water comedy.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A pleasant diversion, and its makers have been smart enough to keep it unpretentious.
42
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
In the end, even Foxx is drowned out by the parade of one-note supporting characters.
40
TV Guide
Steve Simels
A hick-town, screwball comedy version of "Dog Day Afternoon," and surprisingly palatable despite its sitcom soul and star.
40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Sweetly mediocre.
38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
This is a cheap-looking lowbrow comedy that likely would have gone straight to home video.
25
USA Today
Andy Seiler
Would not even make a decent five-minute TV sketch. At any length, it smells.
25
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
It's a movie so foul even the folks at the NAACP Image Awards would have to look the other way.
25
Boston Globe
Loren King
Alazy rip-off of ''Dog Day Afternoon'' that is too limp to even offend.
25
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
All the principals in this cinematic mess have had moments of glory on stage and screen, and one can only hope they got paid well for participating in this comedic embarrassment.
20
Film.com
Robert Horton
A lot of it works for two reasons: the situation allows for plenty of business with small-town eccentrics, and Jamie Foxx has been given a loose rein in the central role.
11
Austin Chronicle
Staff [not credited]
The talented people in front of the camera fail to bring anything original, interesting, or even funny to this tedious would-be comedy.
10
LA Weekly
Paul Cullum
It looks like the film is angling for a "Northern Exposure" reunion, except with none of the regional eccentricity.
10
Variety
Robert Koehler
A shoddy vehicle for Jamie Foxx to ride into the summer season on.
10
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
By the end, even the irrepressible Mr. Foxx seems tired and defeated, and we can only hope he perks up in time for his next movie.
10
Film.com
Ted Fry
Mostly dreadful.
0
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
A real dud, with few laughs, no characterization, little story, a cluster of stereotypes and clichés and just plain nothing for Foxx to do.
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