
Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went o... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went on to become a white collar criminal.
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| Princeton Town TopicsKam WilliamsCartoonish but clever, with the bulk of the fun coming when Wilson's wry wit meets Stiller's impatient officiousness head-on. Sophomoric, yet probably the best of the recent TV retreads. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Starsky & Hutch might seem funnier if the Naked Gun movies hadn't already parodied cop show cliches or if the writers had bothered to go beyond the hey-wouldn't- it-be- funny-if conversation and invented some things that actually are funny. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomStarsky & Hutch is guilty pleasure fun that just rolls along having a grand old time. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsStiller and Wilson's flirty, crackerjack rapport has grown to resemble something like a pan-sexual, THC-enhanced Abbott and Costello. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's basically a time killer with a lot of forgettable jokes that go on way too long many times... |
| Daily Mail (UK)Christopher TookeyMore a wasted franchise opportunity than a movie. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderThe film is fitfully amusing but never quite reaches the heights it ought to. |
| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarThis 'Why bother?' spinoff of the '70s undercover cop show is little more than a 99-minute shtickfest built around something resembling a plot. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittStarsky & Hutch might seem funnier if the Naked Gun movies hadn't already parodied cop show cliches or if the writers had bothered to go beyond the hey-wouldn't- it-be- funny-if conversation and invented some things that actually are funny. |
| Critic DoctorPeter SobczynskiI wish that director/co-writer Todd Phillips...could have come up with something a little smarter than this nonsense. |