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52
Viewer score based on 237 votes.

Critic Score

69
Critics' score based on 32 reviews.
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HORRIBLE. stupid. not funny. awful!

April 30,2011
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Cage gives a great performance about the shallowness and corruption of a drug-addict cop.

April 23,2010
drarthurwells

It'***** or miss with me and Nicolas Cage. This was a miss. I don't mind my leading man to have a few flaws in his personality, but "Bad"... oesn't come close to describing this Lieutenant. As far as acting, the funky shoulder tilt thing Cage does to infer he has a bad back looks ridiculous. Everyonr knows that the tilt begins at the hips, not the shoulders. It was lame (pardon the pun). Don't buy this movie. I wish I hadn't! Full Review

April 14,2010
Jackd1207

Relentlessly depressing. Sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. Did not hold my interest, so I left.

November 24,2009
MusicShr
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Critic Reviews

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.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Bad Lieutenant doesn't go where you expect, but it has a stubborn, trippy logic.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Mr. Herzog's film is a pulpy, glorious mess. Its maniacal unpredictability is such a blast that it reminds you just how tidy and dull most crime thrillers are these days.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

It's tempting to forget that Cage is not Terence. That would be unfair though, and diminish the sheer ferocity of his performance.Full Review

Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times

Frankly, the story isn’t remotely as interesting as Cage. Nothing is. In Ferrara’s movie, Keitel emptied himself out. But there’s a hellion’s joy in Cage’s cop.Full Review

Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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