| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | SHOWTIME (2002) |
| Director | Tom Dey |
| Writer | Keith Sharon, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar |
| Lead Actor | Robert De Niro |
| Cast | Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, William Shatner, Drena De Niro, Pedro Damian, Frankie R. Faison |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Crime |
| Release Date | March 15, 2002 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 35m (95 min) |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 5.5/10 |
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SHOWTIME merits some attention as a rare big-budget comedy without sex or bathroom jokes. The concept is very Beverly Hills: A hardnosed, TV-hating police detective is forced to work on a reality-TV cop series.
The casting tells it all: Robert De Niro is the dour, no-nonsense real cop. Eddie Murphy is the hyper foul-up rookie who loves over the top acting and TV heroics. Murphy is hired as De Niro’s partner, and Rene Russo is the slick producer who brings them together.
The movie fails to get the most out of its cast and material. But there’s still plenty of fun, with TV as the main target. William Shatner, plugging his experience on that great cop show T.J. Hooker, has a too-brief cameo as a director trying to coach De Niro.
Eventually, Showtime softens its bite with a Hollywood-style chase and a climax involving Russo as a damsel-in-distress. Some cop-show language and violence, otherwise O.K. for laughs at the Tube’s expense.
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