Showtime
When two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show, they find their lives turned upside down by a powerhouse producer and her very intrusive camera crew.
10 February 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 August 1950, Mashhad, Iran
15 March 1969, Oakland, California, USA
3 April 1961, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
December 28, 2010
A funny movie for adults and older teens.June 19, 2003
What can you say when the best thing about a movie is William Shatner playing himself and parodying his own persona?March 19, 2002
This has the feel of something that was written by committee and it's all been done before.February 08, 2003
Pairing no-nonsense actor Robert De Niro and comedy king Eddie Murphy may have been a clever idea rife with possibilities, but they are working for a creative team that ultimately misses its own point.March 15, 2002
It's not so much the generally preposterous premise as it is its sloppy handling that completely unhinges the film.March 19, 2002
90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay, screeching-metal smashups, and flaccid odd-couple sniping.March 15, 2002
... Showtime isn't much of a show at all.March 15, 2002
So pleased with its own spoofy conceit it stays in annoyingly self-amused, predictable mode.June 25, 2004
Throughout the movie, De Niro scowls and looks as if something smells bad -- and something does. It's the script.October 10, 2002
Shatner is probably the funniest person in the film, which gives you an idea just how bad it was.July 20, 2002
The thinness of the conception gives the actors so little room to maneuver that they turn in uniformly one-note performances.February 25, 2003
...the real problem with Showtime is that, for a comedy, it's not nearly funny enough.