Latifah, known for going after roles meant for men just because men have the much juicier characters written for them, is both ballsy and sensuous here.
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11/01/04
Taxi (2004)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:11
Rotten:91
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Silly and unfunny remake of a French movie of the same name.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Jimmy Fallon gets his first starring role with TAXI, an action-packed comedy that finds the former Saturday Night Live showman teaming up with Oscar-nominated rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah... [More]
Starring: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito
Director: Tim Story
Reviews for Taxi
A dim slog with few laughs. Latifah deserves better.
11/01/04
It’s hard to decide which character is required to act more stupidly.
10/28/04
The film offers some laughs - but not big ones.
10/24/04
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10/19/04
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10/19/04
Top CriticSo, as with many a hit French film, this was remade in English with an all-American cast. Also, as with most of these remakes, this one sucks big time…
10/19/04
As dull and dented as a Ford Pinto minus the exploding gas tank.
10/19/04
Somewhere along the way [Story] apparently forgot he was making a comedy. But, then again, the script doesn't exactly provide an arsenal of creativity.
10/19/04
... the goings-on are neither very exciting nor terribly funny.
10/19/04
Fallon and Latifah never get out of second gear in a comedy thrown together from spare parts.
10/19/04
Seems less like a releasable movie and more like a dress rehearsal for a releasable movie, or the roadshow production of a dress rehearsal for a releasable movie.
10/18/04
License revoked.
10/16/04
Putting Jimmy Fallon in a movie automatically negates his principle shtick of breaking character and cracking up at his own jokes.
10/15/04
Taxi, former SNL cast member Jimmy Fallon and those arrogant Brazilian supermodels should all be junked.
10/14/04
The glitch, beyond the rote story, is that while she's an infectiously upbeat screen presence, Latifah is not, inherently, a major laugh generator, and neither, it would appear, is Fallon.
10/14/04
A remake of Luc Besson’s 1998 French comedy , film is terribly contrived, under-written and almost desperate in its attempt at humour.**
10/13/04
If you've seen the film's lackluster trailer, you've seen the film. All you're missing is about 95 minutes of padding.
10/13/04
I admit it: I like cars. Therefore, I was unable to hate this really dumb film.
10/12/04
It was a fun spin that should satisfy the crowd who likes action and comedy.
10/11/04
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