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Stakeout

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Stakeout (1987)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:15

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love... While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love affair, while his young partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), waits across the street, looking through his binoculars and fuming. But the woman's ex-boyfriend (Aidan Quinn), a crazed, escaped convict who is the real object of the stakeout, is on his way back to see her and poses a very dangerous threat to the new couple. Director John Badham's entertaining blend of action and humor highlights the comic timing and chemistry between Dreyfuss and Estevez, who deliver first-rate performances. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Forest Whitaker

Director: John Badham

Director: John Badham

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Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Enough sophomoric jokes about sex to keep it pleasingly diverting.

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12/11/04
Dennis Schwartz
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03/26/09
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An OK cop-buddy film; nothing special here. Not one of Badham's best.

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08/22/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

One of the better buddy films from the 1980's.

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01/29/03
Blake Davis
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

Dullsville

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08/20/05
Michael E. Grost
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

One of the best action comedy films to date. Estevez and Dreyfuss are the ultimate duo.

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09/18/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Beats the Lethal Weapon movies at their own game.

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08/11/05
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Dreyfuss and Estevez have true comedic chemistry.

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01/09/05
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
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An adequately wacky cops-and-robbers caper. Sharp dialogue and good chemistry between the actors make up for its routine plot twists.

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01/15/03
Rob Vaux
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