Showtime
This story tells about a different world of mysterious adventure. The story begins when two completely different men are forced to join a new show of Reality TV. Finally, they discover that their lives have been turned upside down by a professional producer and camera crew that looks different and riotous.
10 September 1960, Agoura, California, USA
3 September 1967, New York City, New York, USA
22 August 1964, Dallas, Texas, USA
12 June 1973, Miami, Florida, USA
5 June 1962, USA
October 10, 2002
Shatner is probably the funniest person in the film, which gives you an idea just how bad it was.
March 15, 2002
It's not so much the generally preposterous premise as it is its sloppy handling that completely unhinges the film.
July 20, 2002
The thinness of the conception gives the actors so little room to maneuver that they turn in uniformly one-note performances.
June 25, 2004
Throughout the movie, De Niro scowls and looks as if something smells bad -- and something does. It's the script.
March 19, 2002
This has the feel of something that was written by committee and it's all been done before.
June 19, 2003
What can you say when the best thing about a movie is William Shatner playing himself and parodying his own persona?
March 15, 2002
... Showtime isn't much of a show at all.
February 25, 2003
...the real problem with Showtime is that, for a comedy, it's not nearly funny enough.
March 15, 2002
So pleased with its own spoofy conceit it stays in annoyingly self-amused, predictable mode.
February 08, 2003
Pairing no-nonsense actor Robert De Niro and comedy king Eddie Murphy may have been a clever idea rife with possibilities, but they are working for a creative team that ultimately misses its own point.
December 28, 2010
A funny movie for adults and older teens.
March 19, 2002
90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay, screeching-metal smashups, and flaccid odd-couple sniping.
