Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
A mixed reception greeted this 70s TV revival, with critics largely agreeing that Stiller and Wilson's chemistry carries the film further than the material deserves. The central debate is whether that charm is enough to compensate for a sketch that never quite becomes a movie — clever in fits and starts, but coasting on costumes and nostalgia more than genuine invention.
“a surprisingly funny movie, the best of the 1970s recycling jobs, with one laugh ("Are you OK, little pony?") almost as funny as the moment in Dumb and Dumber when the kid figured out his parakeet's head was Scotch-taped on”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“Blessed with sporadic moments of cheeky fun, isn't painful but seldom advances beyond costumes and hairstyling in terms of creativity”
Brian Lowry·Variety
Comedy, Crime
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
A mixed reception greeted this 70s TV revival, with critics largely agreeing that Stiller and Wilson's chemistry carries the film further than the material deserves. The central debate is whether that charm is enough to compensate for a sketch that never quite becomes a movie — clever in fits and starts, but coasting on costumes and nostalgia more than genuine invention.
“a surprisingly funny movie, the best of the 1970s recycling jobs, with one laugh ("Are you OK, little pony?") almost as funny as the moment in Dumb and Dumber when the kid figured out his parakeet's head was Scotch-taped on”
Roger Ebert·RogerEbert.com
“Blessed with sporadic moments of cheeky fun, isn't painful but seldom advances beyond costumes and hairstyling in terms of creativity”
Brian Lowry·Variety
Comedy, Crime