Fuzz
by Richard A. Colla
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Actor: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Raquel Welch, Tom Skerritt, Yul BrynnerDirector: Richard A. Colla
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Fuzz
Movie Review: It probably seemed like a good idea at the time...
Summary: 2 Stars
From the file marked `It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time,' 1972's Fuzz is a dreary and shambolically unfocused attempt to turn Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels into M*A*S*H with cops (it even casts one of Altman's stars, Tom Skerritt). Despite McBain scripting it himself (as Evan Hunter), it's even less successful than the other ill-fated attempts to transfer the series to the screen. There's surprisingly little interaction between the various plot strands (Yul Brynner's deaf extortionist killing city officials, Charlie Martin Smith setting tramps on fire, Raquel Welch acting as decoy for a rapist) or even the cast: indeed, such was Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch's mutual loathing that they're rarely in the same shot or scene. Neither of them has much to do or makes any real impression, with only Jack Weston briefly rising above the material. For most of the running time the closest it gets to a unifying element is an annoying pair of painters who get far too much screen time to act as wisecracking Greek chorus on the chaos in the squad room until the crimes end up accidentally converging and solving themselves in an underwhelming finale, an idea that Johnny To handled much better in PTU. Throughout, Richard Colla's bland TV style direction keeps things loose and uninteresting. Still, if you've ever wanted to see Burt as a nun (complete with `tache), knock yourself out...
Summary of Fuzz
With "razor-bright wit" (Newsweek) and "an excellent cast" (Variety), including Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Raquel Welch (Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult), Tom Skerritt (Contact) and Yul Brynner (The King and I), this uproarious comedy about an incompetent police force is an absolute laugh riot! Adapted from the satirical 87th Precinct mysteries, Fuzz is "a slick police thriller" (Los Angeles Times) so rip-roaringly funny it would bea crime not to see it. The plain-clothesed policemen of Boston's 87th Precinct are armed and dangerousand the streets just aren't safe from their bumbling detective work! And when a mysterious extortionist begins carrying out his fiendish scheme to assassinate prominent city officials,no tactic is too outrageous for this goofy, ham-fisted squad who will stop at nothing to solve the high-profile case. But can these dim-witted detectives muster the skill to save their leadersor will the city fall into the grip of a ruthless, diabolical madman?Burt Reynolds plays detective Steve Carella in this 1972 adaptation of an Ed McBain novel, and Jack Weston does his cynical best as Carella's partner, Meyer Meyer. A reflection of its raucous era, Fuzz is as much influenced by the antiauthority high jinks of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H as it is by the unblinking violence of The Godfather or Bonnie and Clyde. The mixed result is a tough-minded crime drama-comedy with one extreme subplot (punks setting sleeping winos ablaze for kicks) and another, more fantastic one (a mad bomber called Deaf Man, played by Yul Brynner, is targeting politicians with his surprise packages). Raquel Welch is also on board as an undercover/under-the-covers policewoman, and Tom Skerritt is the beneficiary of her largesse. Fuzz suffered some brief notoriety when it was linked to some real-life torchings of innocent people. On a happier note, Fuzz affords a rare opportunity to see Reynolds in drag. --Tom Keogh
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