Fresh
Slick, sure-footed entertainment, one part buddy comedy and one part police actioner stitched together with a dash of romance.
Variety Staff, Variety
Stakeout
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!
1987 · 1h 56m · R
Action, Comedy, Romance
Directed by
John Badham
Overview
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Director and cast
- John Badham Director
- Richard Dreyfuss as Det. Chris Lecce
- Emilio Estevez as Det. Bill Reimers
- Madeleine Stowe as Maria McGuire
- Aidan Quinn as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
- Dan Lauria as Det. Phil Coldshank
- Forest Whitaker as Det. Jack Pismo
- Earl Billings as Capt. Giles
- Jackson Davies as FBI Agent Lusk
- Ian Tracey as Caylor Reese
- Denalda Williams as Farol Bernie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Between Lecce's illicit courtship and Reimers' consternation, there are some hearty laughs of a juvenile nature.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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
Fresh
A mature human farce that values characters' foibles over their firearms.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
You might want to stake out a theater near you.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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