Richard Dreyfuss (Close encounters of the third kind) teams up with Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) in this quirky enjoyable buddy crime comedy about two guys who go on a stakeout in a hope to try and track down a criminal, but a twist is in store as one falls for the girl who they are spying on.
Filled with many clichés, stakeout is able to grind out an enjoyable comedy through an intriguing front duo of Estevez and Dreyfuss.
Support is given through Madeleine Stowe in a good but stereotypical role. The acting is good fun comedy nature with very good catchphrases and some physical humour to justify the genre. Some very bizarre humour had me scratching my head but most is fun and laidback.
The plot is consistent with jokes at every corner and the two leads make the film enjoyable as one of the top buddies in recent years in the crime genre. Took a while to get going as the plot laid down the characters backgrounds and personalities and once the stakeout begins does the film liven up.
Justifying the crime genre to, viewers are given a look at what a stakeout involves, and though interesting, is some what portrayed unprofessionally, though obviously justifying the comedy genre.
It is a very laid back film with not many serious moments and the tense scenes didn't really feel tense enough.
Estevez and Dreyfus teamed up for a sequel some years later but this felt like a one story film, not for a sequel so I won't be watching the follow up.
The ending was awful in my opinion, complete convention at its very best, and I'm sorry but that outcome was very unlikely.
Took a while to get going and there are a few questionable scenes but it is enjoyable with good humour and apart from a few clichés running it is one of those of those films which you can sit down and enjoy.
Filled with many clichés, stakeout is able to grind out an enjoyable comedy through an intriguing front duo of Estevez and Dreyfuss.
Support is given through Madeleine Stowe in a good but stereotypical role. The acting is good fun comedy nature with very good catchphrases and some physical humour to justify the genre. Some very bizarre humour had me scratching my head but most is fun and laidback.
The plot is consistent with jokes at every corner and the two leads make the film enjoyable as one of the top buddies in recent years in the crime genre. Took a while to get going as the plot laid down the characters backgrounds and personalities and once the stakeout begins does the film liven up.
Justifying the crime genre to, viewers are given a look at what a stakeout involves, and though interesting, is some what portrayed unprofessionally, though obviously justifying the comedy genre.
It is a very laid back film with not many serious moments and the tense scenes didn't really feel tense enough.
Estevez and Dreyfus teamed up for a sequel some years later but this felt like a one story film, not for a sequel so I won't be watching the follow up.
The ending was awful in my opinion, complete convention at its very best, and I'm sorry but that outcome was very unlikely.
Took a while to get going and there are a few questionable scenes but it is enjoyable with good humour and apart from a few clichés running it is one of those of those films which you can sit down and enjoy.