Directed by:
Tom MankiewiczCinematography:
Matthew F. LeonettiComposer:
Ira NewbornCast:
Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Jack O'Halloran, Elizabeth Ashley, Dabney Coleman, Bruce Gray, Ruben Garfias (more)Plots(1)
Dan Aykroyd is at his comedic best as the namesake nephew of Detective Sgt. Joe Friday. Like his uncle, he's a blue suited, by-the-rules cop who reluctantly joins forces with his footloose partner Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks) to rescue the City of Angles from the machinations of a power-mad Reverend and corrupt Police Commissioner. And those are "just the facts" of this hysterically funny action-comedy. (Fabulous Films)
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I quite enjoyed the stylization of both actors, so for me, Aykroyd and Hanks carried the film well, which presents itself a bit like noir, and a bit like a modern crime story. But it's all presented as parody, or at least comedy with plenty of exaggeration. The story is a bit too simple, but that didn't bother me that much.
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