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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for drug content, sexual situations, partial nudity, language and some violence
Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Snoop Dogg, Chris Penn, Terry Crews, and Richard Edson
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson star as the buddy-cop team of Starsky and Hutch from the wildly popular 70's television drama.
| GENRE(S): | Action | Comedy | Crime |
| WRITTEN BY: |
John O'Brien, Todd Phillips,
Scot Armstrong, Stevie Long (story), John O'Brien (story), and William Blinn (characters) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Todd Phillips |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 20, 2004 Video: July 20, 2004 Theatrical: March 5, 2004 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 97 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 44 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jerri B. gave it a7:
I believe this i a good film as it manages to bring out the hummor in all situations that can relate to the viewer on many levels no matter what the age group.
Mac M. gave it a 2:
Inspired casting with Snoop Dogg but everything about this movie is forgettable and poorly executed. And I regard myself a fan of the Stiller/Wilson tag-team! I totally fell asleep.
Martin L gave it a 10:
Really Great Movie!
Kristine M. gave it an 8:
If anyone was around in the 70's they would of enjoyed this movie i like the new Starsky and Hutch their young breath of fresh air that should be given the chance to do their thing. I'm 52 I think there great I would like to see them do a couple of more of the S&H movies with just a little bit more action then they would win over the public get Richard Donner to direct and produce. Please bring them back it was great to think back love ya Owen and Ben your the greatest and Huggy.
Paul W. gave it a 2:
Don't bother watching this rubbish....I actually started to surf the net about two thirds through as it was so bad. I love the tv series and wish they just left the classic series alone. The only bright spots in the film are the legend that is Fred Williamson as the captain and Snoop dog who plays a great Huggy Bear so for that the films gets two out of 10.
Mark B. gave it a 4:
Unimaginative, half-hearted, would-be spoof that doesn't really try to re-enact the series (admittedly a forgettable one to begin with) but simply allows Wilson and Stiller to recycle their tired old paces as The Stoner Dude and The Uptight Neurotic. The only performances that work are Frec Williamson's and Will Farrell's; again, the Old School Elf adds energy and danger to a project sorely lacking in both. The only gag that halfway scores is a nasty one reminiscent of a famous bit in Animal House, except in that classic the human victim was a sadistic ROTC instructor and here it's a sweet, innocent little girl. The central premise is as problematic as the execution: I'm as anxious to see Farrell's Anchorman as anyone, but isn't it time we recognized the 1970s as a watershed decade in which everything from the women's movement to the US military, to the relationship between the White House and the press to the reinvention of the Hollywood studio system was permanently and irrevocably altered in ways that are still affecting us---and not just as an endless source of lame disco-ball jokes? All in all, after the utterly routine SWAT, the flashy-but-trashy Charlie's Angels movies and this, perhaps it's time we declared a moratorium on movie adaptations of Aaaron Spelling-produced TV shows...unless, of course, someone wants to redo Dynasty and let Heather Locklear pick up where she left off!
Cameron S. gave it a 7:
[***SPOILERS***] Ive never seen an episode of the 70s television series Starsky & Hutch. After seeing this film, I think I would rather enjoy it. Todd Phillips last two films were Road Trip and Old School. I liked the former and was lukewarm about the latter. In Starksy and Hutch, Todd Phillips has expertly crafted a brilliant ode to the seventies buddy cop genre. Right from the beginning, you get a perfect 70s vibe. The bass-driven soundtrack, the character zoom n pause, the sunglasses, the hair, and beginning the movie with a foot chase. The film takes place in Bay City, which must have been a less-homosexual San Francisco permanently stuck in the 1970s. San Francisco locals would loathe the outfits and the hairstyles of our characters. The plot involves Reese Feldman, a Jewish family man smuggling cocaine into the country. The coke is chemically altered so that drug dogs cant detect it. There is a marvelously wonderful scene where Starsky and Hutch are mimes at his daughters bat mitzvah. Then there is Snoop Dog as Huggy Bear, who steals every scene hes in with his intellectual thug guards. Ive generally liked the pairing of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson; the funny Jew and the funny Aryan. They are especially funny in this film, one extremely genius moment is when Ben Stiller seems to be channeling his father as an oil-tycoon reminiscent to Johnny Two-Times. The two have never paired so well. This is always true about Wilson; he was the brightest part of Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights, I Spy, and other buddy movies. He has a keen sense of comic delivery. While Stiller has never awed me, he is often funny in movies of absurdity (Zoolander) or smart screwball comedies. (Theres Something About Mary) but often lame in romantic-charged films (Along Came Polly), here he is wonderfully inspired, as the two spark tons of laughs. Starsky and Hutch are complete opposites. Starsky is a hard-worker, always wanting to get the job done. He starts work precisely at 8 a.m. and has a wig man for when he goes undercover. Hutch on the left hand had been undercover for quite some time with a gang who had robbed seven bookies in six months and none of the money had been turned in. Hutch is kind of disgraceful and laid-back. This film could have had a lot more clichés than it actually does. Many times the filmmakers are sidestepping, like how Starsky isnt as good a cop as his mother was. One great example of where a cliché is dodged: (SPOILER AHEAD) near the climax when the Gran Turino misses its landing spot. Recent seventies TV show adaptations have been pretty weak. I hate the Charlies Angels films and SWAT fell short for me. But Starsky & Hutch gets it right; it is both substantially stylistic and stylishly substantial.
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