The film follows the equally-straight-laced and 'by the book' nephew of Joe Friday and his more laid-back partner as they are ordered to investigate a strange series of ritual killings.
10 September 1960, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
30 August 1939, Ocala, Florida, USA
13 December 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 April 1915, Detroit, Michigan, USA
9 December 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 June 1947, Los Angeles County, California, USA
14 January 1964, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 April 1962, Brewster, New York, USA
8 October 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 December 1944, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
5 March 1952, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 February 1917, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
12 September 1960, Tainan, Taiwan
30 May 1917, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
May 24, 2006
Annoying comedy.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Aykroyd and Mr. Hanks play well together, but the funniest performance in the film is that of Dabney Coleman, as the smut king (who lisps).
January 01, 2000
Yes, it is lowbrow and sophomoric. What you'd call dumb-de-dumb-dumb fun.
May 20, 2008
More innocuous than inventive.
January 01, 2000
The script is a gold mine of one-liners.
March 04, 2004
A comedy classic, Hanks and Aykroyd are great
June 22, 2004
Strident pop-culture revisionism.
May 20, 2008
Most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising.
May 20, 2008
Aykroyd's script has more than its share of clever, witty ideas, but the film still feels the need to descend way too often to Police Academy-style heroes-dress-up-like-idiots sequences.
