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Dominican Rep. Showtime
- Original title
- Showtime
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Robert De Niro
Eddie Murphy
René Russo
Frankie Faison
William Shatner
Alex Borstein
Mos Def
Marshall Manesh- Zaid Farid
James Roday
Drena De Niro- Linda Hart
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Action. Comedy | Cop Movies. Television. Buddy Film
- Synopsis
- SHOWTIME deftly combines clever satire and explosive action, taking the buddy cop movie in a new direction. Robert De Niro stars as Mitch Preston, a no-nonsense detective who makes headlines when he shoots the television camera right out of the hands of a meddlesome photographer during a bust. The department is sued for millions, but a slick producer (Rene Russo) drops the suit to force Mitch to star on the network’s new reality series. Trey Sellars (Eddie Murphy), a struggling actor and incompetent patrolman, bamboozles his way into a plum role as Mitch’s partner. Mitch is a better cop, but Trey knows a lot more about how to be a TV star. He even comes up with the show’s catchphrase: "It’s SHOWTIME!" In the film’s funniest setpiece, William Shatner is brought in to teach Mitch and Trey how to master important TV cop procedures, like jumping on the hood of a car. Things get more serious as the celebrity cops track down a crazed criminal armed with a powerful new weapon. Director Tom Dey keeps things moving, and laces the action with reflexive humor. Murphy is in fine comic form, and has terrific chemistry with De Niro.
- Awards
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2002: 2 Nominations for Razzie Awards: Worst Actor (Murphy) and Worst Screen Couple2009: Razzie Awards: Worst Actor of the Decade.
- Critics' reviews
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"From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that never flags"
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"Humorous but much too predictable send-up of reality TV and the sheer banality of it all."
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