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By Dan Jardine (362) for Cinemania (170) on 17 Mar 2014

The performances are endearing enough, the pacing is actually quite crisp and there is no shortage of zany silliness in the story. It just never gels…

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By Rasha K (7) on 04 Feb 2014

I happen to love this movie and I think that anyone who grew up making up stupid lyrics and songs would too. The marketing tanked it…

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By Mitchell W (140) on 02 Feb 2014

Unfairly sabotaged upon its release, it's not that successful as satire but some of it is still pretty good…

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By Clay C (40) on 11 Jan 2014

This movie got such a bad rap. It's hilarious. It's got so many quotable lines. It's brand of comedy was way ahead of its time…

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By Matty S (358) on 06 Dec 2013

One of the worst movies? not by a long shot. this was hilarious fun all the way through…

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By Kyle T (302) on 30 Oct 2013

I'm leavin' some love in my will... Hahaha…

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By Cynthia S (730) on 29 Oct 2013

One of my top 10 favorite movies! This was greatly misunderstood…

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By Abel D (318) on 29 Sep 2013

More amusing than absolutely hysterical, this 1987 comedy bomb is no cinematic turd, thanks to terrific performances from its two leads, some…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Aug 2013

The 1980s saw the release of so many truly atrocious films (Xanadu, Stroker Ace, Bolero, Shanghai Surprise, etc.) that it's absurd Ishtar became…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

Besides droll supporting work from an excellent Charles Grodin, Ishtar also gets a lot of mileage out of its terrible and terribly funny songs…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 05 Aug 2013

If Ishtar has a personal stamp, it's not in what it has to say about Reagan-era militarism, but in what it has to say about collaboration,…

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By Jeff Beck (630) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 04 Aug 2013

Ishtar is a failure on practically every level from its misguided narrative to its lack of humor to the absence of anything remotely entertaining…

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By M A (282) on 21 Apr 2013

Better than you've heard indeed…

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By Cameronmorewood (405) on 05 Nov 2012

Ishtar is literally the worst movie I've ever seen in my entire life…

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By Pamela L (37) on 05 Nov 2012

This is a very funny film , Hoffman and Beatty do some out there work on this how much weed can we smoke romp, through a stella goof off fest.I…

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By Peter C (1,037) on 30 Oct 2012

Most critics hated this film, but it is a flippin riot, check it out…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 21 Jan 2012

Definitely not a bad movie, Ishtar is very much an odd story featuring the super-talented Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Michael L (2,383) on 19 Jan 2012

This movie was undeniably hilarious. Beatty and Hoffman are a classic comic duo. The movie basically consists of 2 parts…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Eddie O (18) on 12 Nov 2011

Worst movie ever made is what everyone said. Boy were they all wrong…

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By Jim T (453) on 07 Jul 2011

If you are looking for an awesome movie to see this weekend, run out and rent a copy of Ishtar (I think it is still available on VHS)…

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