Stakeout
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Release Date: August 5, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireWilliam Thomas
A comic take on Rear Window, Badham's latest has the acting talent to carry it over the sizeable gulfs in plot to an end product that brings laughs aplenty. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesThomas B. Harrison
A contrived finish only serves to resolve the dangling threads of a story that ought to end with a huge laugh, not a self-conscious giggle. [7 Aug 1987, p.1D]
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
For all the nippiness in the dialogue (the script is by Jim Kouf) and the comic interplay of the actors, the picture doesn't leave you with anything.
40
Los Angeles TimesSheila Benson
Stakeout is this summer's suntan lotion: It won't linger in the memory any better than it would survive a quick dip in the pool. Read full review
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