
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".... (Full plot summary below)
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Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".
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| USA TodayMike ClarkHanks, it seems, is good enough to survive any film. The dog, too, works wonders with a standard script. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfI laughed heartily with the film, but I almost went cross-eyed trying to consider what the hell this script actually contained before Disney, five screenwriters, and two directors tore it apart. |
| Common Sense MediaTracy MooreDog-buddy comedy has lots of slobber and some violence. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe rather mechanical style of director Roger Spottiwoode (who took over the film after original director Henry Winkler departed) fails to enliven the stereotypical criminal proceedings. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonBut forget the vet-cum-love interest and the fish. It's the canine (not to be confused with "K-9") stuff that really matters. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrFive people were credited with co-writing TURNER & HOOCH, and rarely have so many labored to so little effect. There's barely enough to make up an agreeable made-for-TV movie in this film. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonAs a bunch, the film makers have created the sort of mystery story that might well puzzle a 12-year-old who had never read a mystery story before and wasn't paying attention anyway, and the sort of love story that 12-year-olds might throw away to read the mystery story, along with the sort of dog story many dogs would actually enjoy--if the pages were edible...Luckily the team of Hanks and Beasley are around to save the show, tell a few snappy stories, dance a few licks, chase a few crooks, make you laugh, make you cry. Who needs writers? |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumDog slobber enthusiasts (as well as fans of dog farts) will have a field day. Everyone else will have to settle for a formulaic cop comedy that has Hanks but little else. |
| New York TimesCaryn JamesThe one level on which this mild children's comedy works is as an extended gross joke for 8-year-olds. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrIt isn't [Hanks's] fault that the five writers don't come up with five funny lines or one exciting scene. |