Taxi (2004)
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10% of critics liked it
(105 reviews) -
60% of users liked it
(167,259 ratings)
An inept cop suddenly gets a new partner in the person of a cabbie with attitude in this high-rolling comedy. Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) is a police officer who becomes the laughingstock of the department after a series of traffic accidents cause him to lose his driver's license. One day, Washburn… More An inept cop suddenly gets a new partner in the person of a cabbie with attitude in this high-rolling comedy. Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) is a police officer who becomes the laughingstock of the department after a series of traffic accidents cause him to lose his driver's license. One day, Washburn gets an urgent call to head out to the location of a bank robbery; unable to drive himself there, he hails a cab. As it happens, the taxi is being driven by Belle (Queen Latifah), a single mom who, after making a name for herself as the fastest pizza delivery person in New York, has moved up to driving a hack. What begins as a wild ride to the scene of the crime gets even wilder as Washburn and Belle become unexpected allies while following the trail of a team of beautiful but reckless female bank robbers led by Vanessa (Gisele Bundchen). Adapted from a popular French action comedy with the same name, Taxi was Jimmy Fallon's first big-screen vehicle after leaving the cast of the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tim Story
- Written By
- Jim Kouf, Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 6, 2004 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 15, 2005
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader
I expected this to be much funnier: Latifah coasts on her charm, and Fallon seems incapable of playing an actual character.
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, Time Out
It would take a tankerload of laughing gas to pump some humour into this flat-tyred fiasco.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Taxi is one of those madcap comedies where they show all those wacky bloopers during the closing credits to show you how much fun everyone had on the set. Maybe that's because they were in denial.
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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
[Fallon] doesn't so much act as show up, and his utter lack of personality generates a vacuum that the movie cannot overcome.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Goes nowhere fast.
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Cast
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Queen Latifah
as Belle
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Jimmy Fallon
as Washburn
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Gisele Bündchen
as Vanessa
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Jennifer Esposito
as Lt. Marta Robbins
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Ann-Margret
as Washburn's Mom
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Henry Simmons
as Jesse
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Christian Kane
as Agent Mullins
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Ana Cristina de Oliveira
as Redhead
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Ingrid Vandebosch
as Third Robber
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Magali Amadei
as Fourth Robber
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Adam Le Fevre
as Big Cop
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Joe Lisi
as Mr. Scalia
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Adrian Martinez
as Brazilian Man
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Rick Overton
as Man at Taxi Commission
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John Rothman
as Businessman
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Boris McGiver
as Franklin
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Mario Roberts
as Third Dealer
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Patton Oswalt
as Clerk at Impound Office
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Amanda Anka
as Officer
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GQ
as Stopwatch Messenger
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John Sierros
as Fat Cop
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Sixto Ramos
as Twitchy Dealer
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Jay Spadaro
as Bodega Owner
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Mike Santana
as Young Dealer
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Herman Chaves
as Undercover Domino Player
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Edward Conna
as Lou's Garage Cop
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Joey "Coco" Diaz
as Freddy
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John Duerler
as Uniformed Cop
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William Cote
as Cop #1 at Airport
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Jamie Mahoney
as Kid
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Louise Lemoine Torres
as Sweaty Dealer
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Nashawn Kearse
as Cop in Harlem
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Bryna Weiss
as Mrs. Scalia
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Earl Schuman
as Old Janitor
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Riley G. Matthews Jr.
as Cop #2 at Airport
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Kevin Carolan
as Cop at Bank #3
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Victor Isaac
as Messenger #1
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Ramón Fernández
as Messenger #2
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John Krasinski
as Messenger #3
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Shirell Ferguson
as Nurse
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Alli Danziger
as Girl at Bank
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Tanner Schwartz
as Hostage
- Ann Margret
- Gisele Bundchen



