Starsky & Hutch (Full Screen Edition)
by Todd Phillips
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Actor: Ben Stiller, Fred Williamson, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince VaughnDirector: Todd Phillips
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Todd Phillips
Producer: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Alan Riche
Writer: John O'Brien
Writer: Scot Armstrong
Writer: Stevie Long
Writer: William Blinn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Starsky & Hutch (Full Screen Edition)
Movie Review: Bay City High-Rollers
Summary: 5 Stars
Starsky and Hutch is a wonderfully entertaining movie! It mixes together the right amount of homage and parody, making fun of the original series while simultaneously paying tribute to it. I think this treatment is entirely fair - S&H the series was never quite as iconic as The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard or Knightrider (shows whose legacies will hopefully never be sullied by re-makes), and as such was ripe for resurrection. Stiller and Wilson are perfect for the lead roles as bad cop, worse cop. Rarely has their interaction been better than this, and they play off each other brilliantly, trading one-liners insults and compliments with perfect timing. The movie is less a laugh-a-minute slapstick than a clever pastiche of a 70's cop show - imagine the Beastie Boys Spike Jonze directed "Sabotage" video lasting 90 minutes- so those expecting an other Zoolander will be disappointed. At times the humor is very subtle, such as the homoerotic undertones that simmer beneath the surface of the main character's interactions, or The Easy Riders references. Just about every 70's cliché and cop show cliché is dusted down and given a fresh, post-modern airing here with varying degrees of success, but don't worry, not all the best bits are in the preview (I'm think right now of...dragons!).Much has been made of the Snoop Dogg/ Huggy Bear sell out (the Death Row pimp playing an informant?!) but his lack of acting ability shows and he never fully takes command of the scenes he's in. The best supporting character for me is Vince Vaughn, looking skinny again and relishing his role as the super-rich drug-dealing boss. He truly does steal every scene he's in and he hasn't looked this good since Swingers. Will Ferrel also has a nice bit part, but again overacts and ends up doing himself a disservice. To address another complaint, I don't believe there's any need to call the ASPCA - we are laughing at Stiller being horribly humiliated at drawing the wrong conclusion from his overheard conversation and needlessly ruining the daughter's bat mitzvah. We are not laughing at the dying horse. Besides, I'm sure no real animals were harmed in the making of the film... Speaking of dying, the appearance of the original Starsky and Hutch is kinda unnecessary and more than a trifle sad.
Anyway, Starsky and Hutch is one of the most entertaining films of the year in which no-one gets crucified and it will make you laugh til it hurts and then some. Now when does "Meet The Fockers" come out...?!?
Summary of Starsky & Hutch (Full Screen Edition)
In Starsky & Hutch, the origins of the charismatic crime-fighting duo David Starsky and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson are explored when these undercover Bay City detectives are partnered for their very first assignment. Ben Stiller plays the tightly wound Detective David Starsky who is thrown together with Owen Wilson's easygoing Detective Ken Hutchinson on a high-stakes case. Platinum-selling rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays their savvy street informant Huggy Bear. Vince Vaughn also joins the cast as Reese Feldman, a smooth-talking entrepreneur with an eye towards the future.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Director Todd Phillips
Deleted Scenes
Easter Eggs:Vince's Bit for the Kids -- Easter Egg (Vince discusses his thoughts on DVD special features)
Featurette:Last Look Special - Documentary Spoof (A spoof on behind-the-scenes documentaries)
Other:Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit Huggy Bizzle (Fashion insights with Snoop Dogg)
Outtakes
Theatrical Trailer
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson--dark, wiry, and tense meets blond, lanky, and loose--make a solid comic team (and previously appeared together in Zoolander), but the funniest man in Starsky and Hutch is Vince Vaughn. Vaughn dives into his role as a sleazy drug dealer (who nonetheless buys a pony for his daughter's bat mitzvah) with the offhand zest that he brings to almost every role (from Swingers to Old School) and effortlessly steals every scene he's in. Vaughn has concocted a new and undetectable kind of cocaine, and only two cops who aren't afraid to break the rules--our titular pair--can catch him. But the plot isn't the point; mocking-yet-loving jabs at the '70s, including the homoerotic overtones of Starsky and Hutch's partnership, are what this movie is about. The satire is surprisingly mild but entertaining nonetheless, particularly when Vaughn or Snoop Dogg (as informant Huggy Bear) hold the screen. --Bret Fetzer
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