The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.... (Full plot summary below)
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The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
Leave your thoughts about Dragnet.
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelDan Aykroyd steals the show with a hilarious impersonation and tribute to the stern-faced TV cop Joe Friday, played for more than a decade by Jack Webb. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is great for an hour, good for about 25 minutes and then heads doggedly for the Standard 1980s High Tech Hollywood Ending, which means an expensive chase scene and a shootout. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonFamed script doctor Tom Mankiewicz, in his directorial debut, creates the required breakneck car chases, stunt tumbles, major crowd scenes and SWAT gunfire around Aykroyd and Hanks. We're essentially watching 48 Hours or Beverly Hills Cop, only with different funny people. Plus the script is a gold mine of one-liners penned by Aykroyd, Mankiewicz and ex-Saturday Night Live writer Alan Zweibel. |
| Film FrenzyMatt BrunsonA deadpan Aykroyd is perfectly cast, and it's always nice to revisit Hanks back when he was loose, limber, and eager-to-please. |
| Slant MagazineOdie HendersonDragnet winks at its source material often, but besides a committed lead performance by Dan Aykroyd and the return of Webb’s partner, Harry Morgan, little remains of the original show. This ain’t your grandmother’s Dragnet; it’s your deranged drunk uncle’s Dragnet. |
| Chicago ReaderPat GrahamThe film slips occasionally into 80s action-itis and can't resist a few conventional friendship lessons, but most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrIf the movie has a weakness, it's an over-reliance on Bond-style car chases and mass action scenes, which take away from the much richer and more original character comedy. But Mankiewicz's basic instincts seem admirable. He knows that a movie begins with people, and that`s a very good start. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiQuite a fun take-off of a boring TV show. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyYes, it is lowbrow and sophomoric. What you'd call dumb-de-dumb-dumb fun. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperThere's enjoyable chemistry between the two, but not the sort that sequels are made on. Aykroyd's straight man gets most of the laughs with his hilarious variation on the late Jack Webb's hard-bitten dialogue, with Hanks playing less often off the priggish, ever-positive Friday. |
