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Title: Every De Niro comedy gets worse
Review: ... With every subsequent comedy De Niro has made, I've gone to the theatre to have my hopes dashed again and again. With Showtime, De Niro has hit a new low, and I am just about ready to give up on him.The biggest problem with this movie is the complete lack of focus. The movie could have worked as a parody of reality TV and various other cop genre. It could have worked as a Hollywood cop thriller with the quintessential wise-cracking rookie paired with the hard-bitten older detective. It could have been a Naked Gun joke-a-second comedy. Instead, it's a little bit of all three, and it ends up being not good at anything in particular.The most interesting character in this movie are Vargus, the criminal, and Powder, the dog. De Niro and Murphy phone in their performances. I know there's a great actor and a great comedy somewhere in De Niro, but I'm getting tired waiting for him to get his act together.
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