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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 47 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Like all Shelton's movies, Hollywood Homicide rambles and shambles, and like most of them, it ultimately settles into its own appealing rhythm. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    One of the pleasures of Hollywood Homicide is that it's more interested in its two goofy cops than in the murder plot; their dialogue redeems otherwise standard scenes. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    He (Ford) slips into the role as if it were a pair of well-worn loafers, the left inherited from Peter Falk, the right from Clint Eastwood, and then proceeds, with wry nonchalance, to tap-dance, shuffle and pirouette through his loosest, wittiest performance in years. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Is it, you know, fun? At times. Yet there's a rote quality to the way this half-dumb, half-sly movie resolves itself into an intentional debauch, a pileup of villainy and heavy metal. The only California dream it leaves you with is one of wretched excess. Read full review

  • 50
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Escapism with a human touch -- it feels lived-in. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    An attempt to merge a semi-jokey buddy movie with a more realistic account of cops' messy private lives, Hollywood Homicide falls short on both counts. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Somewhere within all of this there really is a homicide -- a hip-hop industry rub-out that may someday make this movie half of a passable DVD double feature with Nick Broomfield's documentary Biggie and Tupac. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla Dargis

    No one comes out of Hollywood Homicide looking good, but the film fades fast. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Hollywood Homicide is about murder, all right: the wholesale slaughter of anything funny, original or even vaguely logical. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    The film doesn't even cut it as cheap escapism. Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Despite a talented cast, this movie doesn't work.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the movie has some strong language and some sexual references and situations. K.C. has casual sex with several women, and Joe and a lady friend have a very sensual encounter. Characters drink; Joe drinks too much. There's a lot of action violence, some graphic, including a grisly autopsy scene in the morgue.
  • Families can talk about why so many people in this movie want to change their careers.
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Murders for hire, shooting, car chases and explosions, grisly corpses.
  • sex false3 Sex: Sexual situations and references.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink, one to excess.

Hollywood Homicide Movie Ratings + Reviews

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