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Dragnet

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Dragnet (1987)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:13

Rotten:15

Average Rating:4.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order --... A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order -- with an emphasis on order. But with wacky hipster Pep Streebek for a partner, that's not so easy. When the mismatched twosome try to crack a case involving a crazed TV evangelist and a slimy porn mogul, law and disorder is the name of the game. [More]

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Ashley, Alexandra Paul

Director: Tom Mankiewicz

Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Screenwriter: David Ackroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz

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10/14/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Quite a fun take-off of a boring TV show.

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08/30/02
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

"the interplay of Aykroyd and Hanks makes it worthwhile"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Barely recommendable buddy-cop schtick-fest.

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The script is a gold mine of one-liners.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

One wonders how someone can do so many parodies as Aykroyd has and still not have the slightest idea of how to do a parody.

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Yes, it is lowbrow and sophomoric. What you'd call dumb-de-dumb-dumb fun.

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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

It's fun a lot of the time. Several individual shots are hilarious.

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