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The Parole Officer

The Parole Officer (2001)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (6,057 ratings)

British television comic Steve Coogan made his first bid for a big-screen career in this comedy, in which he plays Simon Garden, a singularly inept parole officer who has not had terribly good luck with his clients -- after many years on the job, only three of the former prisoners he's been… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Henry Normal
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 2001 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Coogan é um comediante excepcional - assim, mesmo trabalhando com um roteiro mediano (de sua própria autoria), consegue arrancar algumas boas risadas.

  • Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK Critic

    It's watchable.

  • Caroline Westbrook, Empire Magazine

    Combining all the best elements of home-grown rom-coms and gangster capers, this breathes fresh life into both genres.

  • Neil Smith, BBC

    An intermittently hilarious vehicle for British TV star Steve Coogan.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Film C


    i like it this is a proper british comedy steve coogan is the parole officer and needs to break into a bank to retrieve the tape that proves a curupt cop murder a bloke but the only people helping him are idiots but along with some help is emma (lena headey) who ends up liking him in… More

  • A B


    It's got a few funny moments - But overall nothing special.

  • Steven V


    Such a funny film and one of Steve Coogan's good films. Steve Coogan plays loveable loser Simon Garden who is rubbish at his job as a parole officer.

  • Stephen E


    Steve Coogan is comedic gold, but "The Parole Officer" is a completely sub-par film. Granted, Coogan has a couple of funny moments here and there, but for the most part, the film is formulaic, boring, and decidedly unfunny. Not a good start for Coogan in the business.

  • Barry L


    Wasnt a big Coogan fn until this but he is really good, as is the film.

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