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  • Showtime
  • Opened March 15, 2002 | Runtime:1 hr. 32 min.
  • PG-13
    action violence, language and some drug content
  • When a no-nonsense LAPD detective (Robert DeNiro) is forced to star in a reality-based television show with a frustrated actor-turned-LAPD-patrolman (Eddie Murphy), they find their lives turned upside down by a powerhouse producer (Rene Russo) and Read More
  • Cast: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, Pedro Damien, Mos Def
  • Director: Tom Dey
  • Genres: Comedy, Showbiz Comedy, Odd Couple Film, Police Comedy

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No Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that...

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    What the movie lacks in coherence it makes up for in zest, well-founded...

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    De Niro's scowl and Murphy's sass are inherently funny, though in this case...

  • 50
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    So pleased with its own spoofy conceit it stays in annoyingly self-amused,...

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