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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Delivers excitement, humor and good nature. The director uses the conventions of the action-comedy in so adroit a way that you may even forget the hundred other films you've seen lately about a couple of cops kidding around with each other in between battling the bad guys.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA mature human farce that values characters' foibles over their firearms.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertStakeout is an example of a movie that would have been a lot better if the filmmakers had been prepared to trust the human dimensions of their characters - to follow these people where their personalities led. Instead, Badham takes out an insurance policy by adding the assembly-line violence.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis movie marked a virtuoso return for Dreyfuss, who is captivating in his role.
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrThe surprising emotional amplitude of Stakeout, its generosity and conviction, proves that it's still possible to achieve something of value within the tight formulas of commercial filmmaking. It needn't all be "Cobra" and "Lethal Weapon"--not as long as directors like John Badham can find room to move. [5 Aug 1987, p.C3]
- 70Time OutTime OutBetween Lecce's illicit courtship and Reimers' consternation, there are some hearty laughs of a juvenile nature.
- 70Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyA diverting cops-comedy-cum-action-romance.
- 60EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasA comic take on Rear Window, Badham's latest has the acting talent to carry it over the sizeable gulfs in plot to an end product that brings laughs aplenty.
- 40Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonStakeout is this summer's suntan lotion: It won't linger in the memory any better than it would survive a quick dip in the pool.