Taxi (2004)

So much average

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Absolutely Brilliant!

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Hilarious film where a bombastic taxi driver, Queen Latifah, meets up with a policeman who you begin to wonder how he ever became a cop to begin with. He can't drive; he appears to be inept at every turn and he has to take orders from the girl he dated who has now been promoted.The chase scenes are great as Latifah inadvertently becomes involved in the situation when Jimmy Fallon, terrific as the cop, loses his license.The bank robbers are foreign women who are tough to the core.On the way, Latifah gives courage and strength to Fallon and with bold initiative and clever ploys, the two team up to track down the culprits.You know that you're getting older when Ann-Margret plays Fallon's alcoholic mother, and she does a good job at it.

If you like Jimmy Fallon, or you just want to see how he was back in the old days, you should definitely watch this movie. If you hate him, and you just don't get his jokes, then don't watch. Jimmy is the protagonist here, so 70% of this movie is all about his character - 70% of this movie is all about his jokes.As for me, I'm a FalPal, but the plot is not original, and wasn't anything special either, so I'll give this a 5 out of 10.PS: In my opinion, the current Jimmy Fallon is WAY smarter and cooler than the Jimmy Fallon who did this movie. He (and his jokes), in the movie, is not as great as he is right now.

I watched this movie when it first came out, but I watched it recently and it's better than I remembered. Jimmy Fallon is hilarious in this movie and I couldn't stop laughing. He is also great in Whip it. He's definitely my favorite actor and it was really funny when he dressed up as a Mexican. I'll spoil some of this movie for you, chances are that you've seen it because it came out in 2004. A woman named Belle drives a taxi and wants to become a race car driver. One day she meets a man named Andy who is a cop and wants to solve a case about a group of people who are robbing banks. During the film there is action and comedy and you will be laughing so hard like what Jimmy does in the bloopers. I loved, loved, loved this movie.

Taxi is an almost miss. The problem I had with the film is that there isn't that much there. It's one of those movies where they show bloopers in the end to show how much fun the actors had. Sure they had fun, but did we? Not quite.Jimmy Fallon plays a cop who can't drive, and Queen Latifa plays a taxi driver who loves speed(Ha, isn't that funny). The two of them team up to stop a group of female Portogeuse bank robbers led by Giselle Bundchin. The chick may be hot, but she can't exactly act. What did we expect though she is a model all they wanted was eye candy.The highlight of the film is Jennifer Esposito from Spin city and Crash as Jimmy Fallon's boss and ex girlfriend. Not that her performance is worth Oscars, it's just that her character doesn't seem so fake. She's not exactly meant to be funny though. Queen Latifa and Jimmy Fallon are meant to be funny, they are extremely likable people. But the film Taxi falls flat.I hate to use the term I am about to use. But Taxi has cheap gags, quite a few of them actually. I left out Ann Margerate, the great, who plays Jimmy Fallon's mom. Though she is barely in it, she is likable. Every person in this film is likable, it just seems like this movie is a skit that just keeps going. The Movie didn't feel real to me. What did I expect it's a somewhat remake of Taxi. Now to end my review, let me say one more thing. Thumbs down.Taxi:**/****