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Turner & Hooch

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Turner & Hooch (1989)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:13

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The world of a compulsively neat investigator is turned upside down when he's forced to team up with the only witness to a crime - a drooling junkyard dog who wrecks his home, career, and budding... The world of a compulsively neat investigator is turned upside down when he's forced to team up with the only witness to a crime - a drooling junkyard dog who wrecks his home, career, and budding romance. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson

Starring: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Screenwriter: Daniel Petrie

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
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Time Out
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09/27/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

I laughed heartily with the film, but I almost went cross-eyed trying to consider what the hell this script actually contained before Disney, five screenwriters, and two directors tore it apart.

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08/26/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
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03/26/09
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Emanuel Levy
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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

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01/05/05
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

No review available.

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11/30/04
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

So-so little comedy that's better than you'd think.

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10/31/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Cute dog 'n' guy comedy

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10/23/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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06/07/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Silly, early-Hanks fun

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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

No review available.

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05/29/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

Hanks is great. A nice mix of laughs and tears

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11/18/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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10/10/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

A dumb idea that winds up being an entertaining buddy picture

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08/15/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

...[the ending] feels out of place and out of synch with the rest of the movie.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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The beginning of the end for Hanks as a comedian -- dig it for that, but don't be too kind.

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02/03/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Proof of the W.C. Fields adage that you should never work with animals or children.

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01/12/03
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
 
 
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