Showtime Critic Reviews
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From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that never flags.Read the full review
Would seem to be surefire casting. The catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders.Read the full review
De Niro's scowl and Murphy's sass are inherently funny, though in this case both actors are forced to call in moviegoers' long-established goodwill.Read the full review
The movie's funny in the opening scenes and then forgets why it came to play.Read the full review
So pleased with its own spoofy conceit it stays in annoyingly self-amused, predictable mode.Read the full review
The moment Showtime begins to take itself even remotely seriously, it loses whatever edge it might have had -- and that occurs less than 15 minutes into the proceedings. The best time for Showtime is no time.Read the full review
Plays every convention twice, once as parody and once by the book, but the movie, trying to be two things at once, fails at both.Read the full review
De Niro and Murphy are visibly uncomfortable with each other. Their improvisation seems chaotic and mismanaged, and the movie follows in kind.Read the full review
A shrill, strained and shallow riff on a tired idea.Read the full review
A disgrace to the talents of Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, but it's not enough just to say that. It's also a disgrace to the talents of Rene Russo and whoever drove the coffee truck to the set every day.Read the full review
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