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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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Reviews for Stakeout

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Derek Adams

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Variety

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4/5

Chuck O'Leary

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comment Comment | Oct., 09 2005 01:11 PM

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0/5

Michael E. Grost

Dullsville

comment Comment | Aug., 20 2005 02:07 PM

Classic Film and Television

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4/5

Alex Sandell

Beats the Lethal Weapon movies at their own game.

comment Comment | Aug., 11 2005 01:15 PM

Juicy Cerebellum

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3/5

Emanuel Levy

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comment Comment | Jun., 15 2005 12:57 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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4/5

Michael A. Smith

Dreyfuss and Estevez have true comedic chemistry.

comment Comment | Jan., 09 2005 12:00 AM

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B

Dennis Schwartz

Enough sophomoric jokes about sex to keep it pleasingly diverting.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 11 2004 05:02 PM

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3/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

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comment Comment | May., 28 2004 07:43 AM

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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4/5

Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Aug., 22 2003 06:40 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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3/5

Edward Havens

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comment Comment | Jun., 26 2003 07:28 PM

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Walter Goodman

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New York Times

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4/5

Blake Davis

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

comment Comment | Jan., 29 2003 09:44 AM

KFOR Channel 4 News

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3/5

Rob Vaux

An adequately wacky cops-and-robbers caper. Sharp dialogue and good chemistry between the actors make up for its routine plot twists.

comment Comment | Jan., 15 2003 05:56 PM

Flipside Movie Emporium

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4/5

Jeffrey Westhoff

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comment Comment | Oct., 17 2002 04:07 PM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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4/5

Clint Morris

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

comment Comment | Sep., 18 2002 10:55 PM

Moviehole

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1/5

Philip Martin

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comment Comment | Aug., 29 2002 08:54 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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2/5

Bob Bloom

An OK cop-buddy film; nothing special here. Not one of Badham's best.

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 04:03 PM

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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Desson Thomson

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Dragan Antulov

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