Ishtar
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 15, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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6
Negative:
3
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30
Washington PostHal Hinson
It's piddling -- a hangdog little comedy with not enough laughs...its spirit rattles around inside it like a marble in an oil drum. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorStaff (Uncredited)
The funny scenes are as far apart as oases in the Sahara. [22 May 1987]
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A truly dreadful film, a lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy. Elaine May, the director, has mounted a multimillion-dollar expedition in search of a plot so thin that it hardly could support a five-minute TV sketch. Read full review
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