Amy Smart, Ben Stiller, Brande Roderick

Two streetwise cops (Stiller and Wilson) bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg).

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181 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Release Date: March 5, 2004

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DVD Release Date: July 20, 2004

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  • September 24, 2009
    A fucking awful film version of a much loved classic TV show. They got everything wrong, just so a bunch of infantile friends could have a little fun and make a little cash. Hollywood at its worst!
  • June 26, 2009
    Nothing special at all. I think Snoop dogg stole the movie.
  • June 5, 2009
    "They're the man."

    Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

    REVIEW

    The tale of two oddball police detectives...( read more) who have a habit of getting stuck in awkward situations even with the best of intentions. Starsky (Ben Stiller) is very much by-the-book ? embarrassingly so ? whereas Hutch has a laid back rather ?hippy' approach to the rules. One of the films great strengths is that it plays on satire and keeps the action secondary. The two main characters are ably aided and abetted by Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg) and, although there is a big-drugs-bust plotline, the movie's main intention seems to be to make a homage to the style and clichés of certain 70s filmmaking (and the original TV show); car chases, for instance, focus on tongue-in-cheek action rather than adrenalin, and the cops' love of empty-headed curvaceous women combined with a homophobia towards each other and gay men is portrayed laughingly as an echo of the attitudes of the times rather than appealing to those sentiments. Not the sort of comedy I expected to enjoy so much personally, but I quickly warmed to this movie and found the feelgood factor continued unabated till the end.
  • March 8, 2009
    A deliciously bad movie that was a lot of fun. It's borderline unwatchable in places, but so too was the old TV show. It's clear that the actors involved had a great time making this movie, and while it appears to have been a vanity project, there's nothing really wrong with it: ...( read more)it's hard to be too disappointed when expectations are low. There were a few good laughs, that's about all I can say about it.
  • December 29, 2008
    Some laughs, but I actually loved the first couple of seasons of this show so I'm not the audience for a lame send up.
  • October 26, 2009
    Most of the movies I've seen starring both Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have been a good watch. They fit together, in some kind of funny way.
  • October 25, 2009
    Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson...what more can a say. What more do you need to know?
  • October 21, 2009
    2004 was a really good year for comedies.
  • October 16, 2009
    Quite funny and entertaining. Didn't really like the end.
  • October 10, 2009
    hollywood should stop making bad movies out of great tv shows

Critic Reviews


March 16, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Moves slowly and without much grace; it tries to jiggle laughs out of us instead of letting them flow freely. full review

March 5, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

Forget Mel Gibson, this is the year's biggest bummer for the Jews: that their biggest box-office champ, apart from Jesus, is the image of angry impotence. full review

March 5, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Starsky & Hutch is funny throughout, but with a handful of really hilarious moments of a kind that most comedies just don't deliver. full review

March 5, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Although Starsky & Hutch is a movie without a sincere moment, somehow it never seems cynical. full review

March 5, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A surprisingly funny movie. full review

March 4, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

An affectionate satire of the late-'70s action series, it retains an agreeable small-screen modesty. full review

February 26, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

While the gags in Starsky and Hutch are more hit-and-miss than nonstop inspiration, the movie does get a fair share of laughs. full review

February 1, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Judging by the looks of Todd Phillips' tired Starsky and Hutch, it appears that 70s nostalgia has finally run its course. full review

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Comments


  • pavacri23
    February 24, 2008
    this was stupid i couldn't watch all the movie
  • jbpelican
    September 2, 2006
    The Dukes of Hazzard director had managed to recreate a classic old show into a really good movie, the director of Starsky and Hutch had a pineapple firmly placed in his arse when his was making this rubbish.
  • thegmachine35
    June 26, 2006
    huggy bear is the best

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