• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2006)

    Con artist Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson (Steve Martin), shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own work, Jamieson resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, Jamieson challenges Benson...

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
68
metacriticBased on 14 Critics
83
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Release Date: January 23rd, 2006

DVD Release Date: December 17th, 1997

PG |1 hr 50 min

Plot Summary

Con artist Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson (Steve Martin), shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own work, Jamieson resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, Jamieson challenges Benson to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark first can stay, while the other must leave town.

Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Meagen Fay

Director: Frank Oz

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: Orion Pictures

Keywords: 1980s, Hotel, Love, Madcap, Charming, Deception, Competition, Police officer, Rivalry

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 75
    Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)

    Most of this is bald, and very funny; some of it is witty, and even funnier. [14 Dec 1988, p.C9]

  • 75
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun, and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple. show more

  • 75
    Jay CarrBoston Globe

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels essentially remains a duet of exquisitely turned gestures exchanged by Martin and Caine. It isn't killer comedy. Sometimes its leisurely pace veers dangerously close to slackness. But it's as close as Hollywood comedy comes to chamber music. [14 Dec 1988, p.77]

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Awards

Nominated Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globes (1989)