The comedy/thriller plods on for too long with tasteless and witless physical comedy, though it has a few funny moments.
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10/09/09
Foul Play (1978)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:14
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.2/10
Synopsis: Sweet, unassuming librarian Gloria Mundy stumbles upon a plot to kill the Pope, who will be visiting soon. When Gloria realizes she's been marked for murder, she goes to detective Tony Carlson for... [More]
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts
Director: Colin Higgins
Reviews for Foul Play
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Writer Colin Higgins makes a good directorial bow.
10/30/07
Top CriticA funny, successful, and very derivative crime-comedy.
10/30/07
The film clumsily and sluggishly mixes humor and suspense and fails at both.
05/26/06
Unsatisfactory as a whole, the film is hilarious and tense in bits.
01/26/06
Ocasionalmente divertido, traz Chase tentando se afirmar como galã de ação e Hawn encantadora como em quase todos os seus filmes da época. Porém, é um filme descartável.
10/09/05
Chevy when he was funny, Goldie when she was starting her heyday, and Dudley too. What a deal.
07/08/05
No review available.
06/28/05
Mr. Higgins's penchant for mixing visual elegance with coarse gags is equally ill-advised, especially because it makes him work the gags so hard.
05/09/05
Top CriticCharming and goofy Hitchcock homage with great performances by Hawn and Chase.
04/03/05
No review available.
02/09/05
No review available.
12/26/04
brainless and silly... not that that's a bad thing
11/13/04
No review available.
03/22/04
No review available.
01/05/04
Truly enjoyable thrill comedy in the Hitchcock mode.
11/20/03
No review available.
09/26/03
This is a finely tuned and fast-paced offering which is chock-full of black comic twists and perfect casting.
05/24/03
Director Colin Higgins plays foul with the audience, constructing some of the most dishonest suspense sequences ever filmed.
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