Rotten
I expected this to be much funnier: Latifah coasts on her charm, and Fallon seems incapable of playing an actual character.
Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader
Taxi
Take a Ride on the Wild Side.
2004 · 1h 37m · PG-13
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Tim Story
Overview
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
Director and cast
- Tim Story Director
- Queen Latifah as Isabelle 'Belle' Williams
- Jimmy Fallon as Andrew 'Andy' Washburn
- Gisele Bündchen as Vanessa
- Henry Simmons as Jesse
- Jennifer Esposito as Lt. Marta Robbins
- Ann-Margret as Mrs. Washburn
- Christian Kane as Agent Mullins
- Ana Cristina Oliveira as Redhead
- Patton Oswalt as Clerk at Inpound Office
- Ingrid Vandebosch Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The glitch, beyond the rote story, is that while she's an infectiously upbeat screen presence, Latifah is not, inherently, a major laugh generator, and neither, it would appear, is Fallon.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
Taxi is one of those madcap comedies where they show all those wacky bloopers during the closing credits to show you how much fun everyone had on the set. Maybe that's because they were in denial.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
[Fallon] doesn't so much act as show up, and his utter lack of personality generates a vacuum that the movie cannot overcome.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
Goes nowhere fast.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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