Rotten
It's all meant in good fun, but it isn't. It's tired.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
The Rookie
Packing years of experience and a .45 automatic, L.A. detective Nick Pulovski figures he's got all the help he needs. He's also got all the help he doesn't need. His new partner is The Rookie.
1990 · 2h 1m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Overview
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Director and cast
- Clint Eastwood Director
- Clint Eastwood as Nick Pulovski
- Charlie Sheen as David Ackerman
- Raúl Juliá as Strom
- Sônia Braga as Liesl
- Tom Skerritt as Eugene Ackerman
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Sarah
- Xander Berkeley as Blackwell
- Donna Mitchell as Mrs. Ackerman
- Coleby Lombardo as David's brother
- Pat DuVal as Interrogator #1
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[A] depressingly familiar mismatched cop adventure ...
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
There's even a scene in which Sheen's rich father screams, "I gave you everything you ever wanted!" To which he yells back, "You were never there for me!" Right out of Arthur Miller, isn't it?
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Overlong, sadistic and stale even by the conventions of the buddy pic genre ...
Variety Staff, Variety
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