Starsky and Hutch | | Cast : | Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn | | Director : | Todd Phillips | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | March 05, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | Made with a lot of love and affection; just not that good. | Content
 | "Starsky & Hutch" is not the worst movie made from a TV show...that list is way long...but it's not that good of a movie either.
Other reviewers have outlined the plot, such that it is.
It's clearly made with a lot of care. The soundtrack, the sets, the dialogue, the hairstyles...it's "fun."
The screenplay is lazy, but it's sort of like lazy in a "70's TV show" kinda way, so this might be intentional. Owen Wilson's wisecracks are occasionally funny, but are also anachronistic. Ben Stiller adds another ballistically whacked-out character to his resume...he's fearless in his goofiness, surpassed only by Will Ferrell (who has a small, extraordinarily weird part in this film) among our current actors.
Much has been said about Snoop Dogg, and his casting is fine. He's not an actor, but he's funny enough being Snoop-as-Huggy Bear.
Many other actors, like Fred Williamson, overact to the point of absurdity, while somebody like Jason Bateman barely registers as Vince Vaughn's compadre. Vaughn is solid, as always, with the lines he's given.
While watching the film, we sometimes became impatient. Lines fell flat. Scenes just didn't work. But as the movie progressed, it did gain some sort of momentum where we did want to know how it ended.
That may be faint praise, but I know all of you have seen movies where you couldn't care less how it ended because they were that bad ot that boring.
This isn't in that category. It's funny in spots, but not uproariously so.
I will say this: the ending was worth waiting around for. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 22, 2005 | | Summary | Simply horrible. | Content
| I cannot find words to describe how disappointing this movie was. To make Hutch corrupt was a mistake, and to make Starsky such a geek was ridiculous. It was Ben Stiller, not David Starsky's character we were all watching. And Ben Stiller has only one character. Yes, he's a funny guy, but he is one-dimensional, at least in the movies I've seen.
Three sittings it took us to just get through the movie without falling asleep on a certain part. Ugh. I hope hollywood does a better job with The Dukes of Hazzard!
Spoofs are fine, but this one was really not what America wanted to see. They are making these "remakes" of TV shows into movies so that they are ALL spoofs and poke ridiculous fun at shows that many of us grew up with and loved. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 21, 2005 | | Summary | good comedy | Content
| Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are great in this hilarious comedy. If you don't like it, you just don't like comedies! Based on the classic television show, this is an absolutely hilarious movie! Snoop Dogg and vince Vaughn costar in which Starsky and Hutch try to stop a drug dealer. Will Ferell is in the funniest scene with "two dragons". After that scene, you'll be on the floor laughing. The accent that Starsky adopts at the end is funny (just do it), and the horse scene along with the chinese kid that throws knives are also funny. There are so many more funny scenes, like when Starksy takes drugs by accident. Believe me, it's really funny and is worth watching! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 18, 2005 | | Summary | More than meets the eye | Content
| I love this movie and decided to buy it on DVD. now I consider myself a tough critic (I have Animal House, Fast Times, Stripes, Spies Like Us, Fletch, Billy Madison, Napolean Dynamite, etc) and this movie has a lot of subtle, and hilarious, moments. For example, Will Farrell might be one of the most overlooked players in this flick. As Big Earl, he's friggin' awesome: ...I'm not gonna lie, things are gonna get weird. Two dragons..." AMAZING! [watch the scene; a true comedic vision]. Whether you're a comedy buff, Snoop Dogg fan [he's perfect for the Huggy role] or comedy afficianado, won't be disappointed, check it out. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | Take me now god!!!! | Content
| Are you kidding me? Can Ben Stiller possibly play the exact same character in more movies in one year? And people LIKE this movie? Wow, 2 hours of Ben doing the exact same voice, exact same expression, EXACT SAME CHARACTER as every other movie he has done the last few years!!!!! "Let me talk......softly. Slowly... And mix a metaphor and ripoff Woody from Cheers. Howabit this....partially shut one eye...NOW...I Dance!!!"
Or wait, I'm sorry. Ben has played another character. Neurotic, O/C, nervous, screw-everything-up-and-lie-to-cover-it-up-but-badly guy that also......wait for it.....DANCES BADLY!
Way to go Ben! Cable Guy can't save you now!!!! |
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