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Now this is how you make a cop partnership comedy movie


I don't know, maybe its just me because I happen to like the two of these guys, but Hollywood Homicide should have taken a couple of notes from this movie. Great chemistry between the partners (and believable given that if Crystal had been a cop in real life, he probably would have acted like this. Great scene is when his ex tells him she is getting married to a dentist.

Although I may not have laughed outloud a lot, I smiled a real lot through this movie.

"We're going to need a bigger boat..."

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It's fluff, but it's damned enjoyable fluff! Plus the caliber of performances (Hines, Crystal, Smits, Hedaya) is much higher and more charming than what you'd see in a buddy cop flick today. I did I writeup on this here:

http://juntajuleil.blogspot.com/2010/05/film-review-running-scared-198 6-peter.html

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