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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
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By cleverly respecting his source material and skewering some much-loved clichés, co-writer/director Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover) nails this big-screen version of TV cop show Starsky and Hutch. The casting of Ben Stiller as by-the-book David Starsky and Owen Wilson as laid-back chancer Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson couldn't be better. Both are clearly having enormous fun in this entertaining buddy movie that neatly captures the 1970s film-making style and adds some hilarious homoeroticism to their relationship. Grudgingly paired up, the mismatched detectives learn to rely on each other while bringing a drugs lord (Vince Vaughn) to justice for peddling a cocaine variant that even sniffer dogs can't detect. Rap star Snoop Dogg delivers a great Huggy Bear and Will Ferrell is sidesplitting in a cameo as a dragon-obsessed convict. But it's Phillips's eye for the disco decade's details and the show's kitsch iconography that ensures a good time is had by old fans and newcomers alike. AJ
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Running time
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96min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Action Crime Comedy
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Todd Phillips, John O'Brien, Scot Armstrong, from a story by Stevie Long, John O'Brien, from the characters created by William Blinn
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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March 2004
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