Let's get this out of the way:
I like Eddie Murphy.
I like Robert deNiro.
I like Renee Russo.
I like cop-buddy-pictures, God help me.
I even liked Tom Dey's last film, Shanghai Noon.
Sometimes, I enjoy being mindlessly entertained by films. Give me a fun little picture any day; I don't always need intellectual stimulation from my celluloid.
But I *hated* Showtime. It was ninety minutes of life-force-draining shlock that made me depressed and p***ed off for the rest of the day. I only spent $5.75, but that was at least $5.74 too much.
I'm not going to go into the plot -- enough reviewers have done that already -- but suffice it to say that from the very first frame of the film (a schoolroom gag used about twenty times in the last ten years), one could pretty much telegraph the rest of the movie across the board. There were nearly no surprises, and except for a small chuckle or two here and there, few laughs. The theater was half-full, and I wasn't the only one shifting around in my seat.
This is my first review on IMDB -- I never felt like taking the time to review a film here before, but I gladly took a few extra minutes out of my day just to warn people about this movie. Go watch something else, or read a book, or hit yourself over the head with an anvil -- any of these will bring you more satisfaction than watching Showtime.
I like Eddie Murphy.
I like Robert deNiro.
I like Renee Russo.
I like cop-buddy-pictures, God help me.
I even liked Tom Dey's last film, Shanghai Noon.
Sometimes, I enjoy being mindlessly entertained by films. Give me a fun little picture any day; I don't always need intellectual stimulation from my celluloid.
But I *hated* Showtime. It was ninety minutes of life-force-draining shlock that made me depressed and p***ed off for the rest of the day. I only spent $5.75, but that was at least $5.74 too much.
I'm not going to go into the plot -- enough reviewers have done that already -- but suffice it to say that from the very first frame of the film (a schoolroom gag used about twenty times in the last ten years), one could pretty much telegraph the rest of the movie across the board. There were nearly no surprises, and except for a small chuckle or two here and there, few laughs. The theater was half-full, and I wasn't the only one shifting around in my seat.
This is my first review on IMDB -- I never felt like taking the time to review a film here before, but I gladly took a few extra minutes out of my day just to warn people about this movie. Go watch something else, or read a book, or hit yourself over the head with an anvil -- any of these will bring you more satisfaction than watching Showtime.