Starsky and Hutch (2004)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
David Starsky	Ben Stiller	½
Ken Hutchison	Owen Wilson
Huggy Bear	Snoop Dogg
Captain Doby	Fred Williamson
Reese Feldman	Vince Vaughn
Kitty	Juliette Lewis
Staci	Carmen Electra
Manetti	Chris Penn
Big Earl	Will Ferrell
Original Starsky	Paul Michael Glaser
Original Hutch	David Soul

Review

The fast becoming classic comedy pair Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson revive the popular TV-series from the seventies in this stylistically clean-cut and well-humoured film by Todd Phillips. Starsky and Hutch is essentially a movie fitted neatly into a well-known (and not too creative) formula, but it still works because it knows what it is and tries to do, and (most importantly) doesn't try too hard. The mentioned pairing of Stiller and Wilson has proved fruitful before (notably in Zoolander), and here they thrive on their good rhythm, charisma and comedic complementarity. The pace of the movie is fine too, knowing that - although this is a crime story - building suspense isn't the main focus point here. It's essence is to keep its humour sharp, its characters fresh and its narrative dynamic. Starsky and Hutch does all that, and thus makes for one of those enjoyable movies, that can even crack up a few great laughs now and then.