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Stakeout
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!
Action, Comedy, Romance - 1987
6.6
89%
69
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ?
Director:
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
5 Aug 1987
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$14,500,000
Revenue:
$65,700,000
Awards:
2 wins

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
You might want to stake out a theater near you.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A mature human farce that values characters' foibles over their firearms.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The director uses the conventions of the action-comedy in so adroit a way that you may even forget the hundred other films you've seen lately about a couple of cops kidding around with each other in between battling the bad guys.
– Walter Goodman,
New York Times,
21 May 2003
fresh:
Between Lecce's illicit courtship and Reimers' consternation, there are some hearty laughs of a juvenile nature.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Slick, sure-footed entertainment, one part buddy comedy and one part police actioner stitched together with a dash of romance.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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