Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984) by Toxicdynocritic — 08 Nov 2016
Where do I start?
This is undoubtedly the greatest comedy of all time. The action is also well filmed.
The plot is quite a simple 'my friend was murdered, gonna go undercover.'/Cat-and-mouse story. But it is done in a unique, interesting, hilarious way. Though being hilarious... the film also plays as a gritty crime story.
There are lots of memorable lines such as: "Get the f*** outta here!", “This is not my locker”, “You do that again, I’ll shoot you myself” and “Don’t you think I realise what’s going on here, miss? Who do you think I am, huh? Don’t you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I’d be the first one to get a room and I’d be upstairs relaxing right now. But I’m not some hotshot from out of town, I’m a small reporter from “Rolling Stone” magazine that’s in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that’s gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article “Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World,” but now I think I might as well just call it “Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn’t Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel cause There’s No N*ggers Allowed in There!”. Yeah, it's a very crude film involving lots of swearing, but if you can deal with that, then it is a must watch comedy CLASSIC!
Also it is maybe the most rewatchable film of all time.
9.9/10- Outstandingly written and extremely hilarious, Beverly Hills Cop is to this day one of the best comedies ever... not to mention a hilarious performance by Eddie Murphy.
This review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984) was written by Toxicdynocritic on 08 Nov 2016.
Beverly Hills Cop has generally received very positive reviews.
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