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Loose Cannons (1990)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo,... A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo, and even the Wicked Witch of the West. Together they pursue a gang of marauding neo-Nazis in an attempt to capture a porno film featuring Adolph Hitler in bed with a man who is about to be elected chancellor of West Germany. [More]

Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis

Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Dom DeLuise

Director: Bob Clark

Director: Bob Clark
Screenwriter: Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson, Bob Clark

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To put it bluntly, Loose Cannons is garbage.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/10/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dan Aykroyd's dexterous multipersonality schtick is the only redeeming feature of this chase-heavy comedy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/10/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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A reeking stinker of a comedy.

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06/24/06
Time Out

No review available.

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07/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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05/16/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Fires nothing but blanks

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03/31/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

Not one of the best efforts from either Hackman or Aykroyd.

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11/16/04
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

No review available.

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04/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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04/02/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Quite embarrassing, really, especially with the overacting of Dan Aykroyd.

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01/27/04
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

Mr. Hackman and Mr. Aykroyd deserve much better. They really do. Each gives a thoroughly professional performance that is consistently undercut by the direction of Mr. Clark.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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New York Times
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All of this must have looked wonderful on paper, but somehow the joy of it got lost in the translation from page to screen.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Hackman mostly just stands around watching Aykroyd run through his exertions with the look of a man who has something unspeakable on the sole of his shoe.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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Comedy as a form of torture.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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