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The site's critical consensus reads, "Hollywood Homicide suffers from too many subplots and not enough laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
Jun 13, 2003 · If there is one downstroke, it's too many sub-plots crammed into 120 minutes. While each is entertaining in its own right, [Ron] Shelton and [Robert] Souza should have held back a...
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- Ron Shelton
- PG-13
- Harrison Ford
Veteran Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and rookie K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) are LAPD homicide detectives working together on the double-murder of rap musicians in a trendy nightclub. Soon, the two deaths becomes four as their apparent murderers are also found dead and burnt to a crisp.
Apr 1, 2013 · Two Hollywood crime comedies that underperformed at the box office, Hollywood Homicide falls apart under the weight of too many subplots, not enough laughter and weak performances, while Hudson Hawk delivers a solid stream of laughs to compensate for—or perhaps complement—its absurd plot.
The film boasts one subplot too many, mainly in Ford's underdeveloped romance with a psychic (Lena Holin), Hartnett's acting goals, and a silly "father who was a cop, but was killed in the line of duty" cliche storyline that should have been completely excised.
Ford and Hartnett have a lively rapport and their sniping isn't all about age, one of the script's rare deviations from the buddy cop manual, but Shelton and Souza have so many subplots...
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The site's critical consensus reads, "Hollywood Homicide suffers from too many subplots and not enough laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
