Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Ishtar has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Ishtar (1987)
By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 May 1995
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Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
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Review of Ishtar (1987)
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Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
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Review of Ishtar (1987)
Review of Ishtar (1987)
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Ishtar was released in 1987 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 170 reviews, giving Ishtar (1987) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Ishtar than critics were.
With a score of 47%, Ishtar is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1987, which stands at 57%.
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