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Held Up is a 1999 American crime buddy comedy film starring Nia Long and Jamie Foxx. Plot. While on a road trip in the Southwest, Rae (Long) discovers that her man ...
Held Up: Directed by Steve Rash. With Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Barry Corbin, John Cullum. What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip and Zip.
- (4.2K)
- Comedy
- Steve Rash
- 2000-05-12
The movie just gets dumber and dumber. The plot sinks to a new form of monotony. The only things keeping us awake is the work by one or two of the supporting actors, and I admittedly enjoyed a few scenes here and there. But overall "Held Up" is boring, trite, and desperately unfunny hokum.
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip and Zip.
May 12, 2000 · In this fish-out-of-water comedy, Jamie Foxx plays a man named Michael Dawson, though he's confused for both Puff Daddy and Mike Tyson by the citizenry of the podunk southwest town that serves as the setting for Held Up. Road-tripping Michael and Rae (Nia Long) stop in for gas in Michael's new vintage roadster, but she grabs a ride to the ...
Held Up is a transitional movie for Jamie Foxx between the ending of his show on the WB and finally really blowing up theatrically with Collateral. He had smaller movie roles and Any Given Sunday under his belt, but the years of 2003 and 2004 are where he really broke out into leading man stardom. This movie isn’t good in any way.
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Synopsis. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Foxx portrays Michael Dawson, a successful Chicago businessman whose life falls apart while he's driving to the Grand Canyon with his ...
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- Comedy
- PG-13
