'Turner & Hooch' isn't a great movie, but it is an okay comedy-crime film which, if not terrific, at least is fun and entertaining enough.
Again, not a spectacular film, but it has lots of hilarious moments (it would take too long to mention them, as there are so many to number). But it's not all comedy. It is also about crime. And the part when Hooch dies (near the ending) is very sad - I didn't like that part. The movie also has some characteristic stuff from the 80's, which is a good thing.
The movie's best known actor is Tom Hanks, here in one of his early roles. I can't say I like him very much. I don't think he's that great as an actor. He often portrays ridiculous and annoying characters and his humor is usually too much clown-like, but here he is good. Even here he shows some of his typical trademarks, but far more natural and not in an irritating way. Tom Hanks is hilarious in this one, something unusual on him. This is one of the few (if not one of the only) films which he isn't annoying.
Tom Hanks's character, the police investigator Scott Turner, is more of an obsessively neat guy and funny at the same time, however with a major tendency for anger (he loses his temper easily and yells a lot).
Reginald VelJohnson is more funny than great, but one can't deny that his character, detective David Sutton, has sense of humor.
The dog, however, is the real star of the movie and naturally a great "actor". Beasley the Dog, a Dogue de Bordeaux, portrays Hooch, apparently a foul-tempered dog that loves to destroy things, but once we get to know him better, we realize that he's got an even temper. By the way, that dog drools in such a way that's unbelievable. I wonder if that dog breed really drools like that or if they just overdo it in the movie for comical effect.
Hooch, however, isn't the only dog worth mentioning. There is also Camilla, the beautiful "Lassie" owned by the veterinarian.
Again, not a spectacular film, but it has lots of hilarious moments (it would take too long to mention them, as there are so many to number). But it's not all comedy. It is also about crime. And the part when Hooch dies (near the ending) is very sad - I didn't like that part. The movie also has some characteristic stuff from the 80's, which is a good thing.
The movie's best known actor is Tom Hanks, here in one of his early roles. I can't say I like him very much. I don't think he's that great as an actor. He often portrays ridiculous and annoying characters and his humor is usually too much clown-like, but here he is good. Even here he shows some of his typical trademarks, but far more natural and not in an irritating way. Tom Hanks is hilarious in this one, something unusual on him. This is one of the few (if not one of the only) films which he isn't annoying.
Tom Hanks's character, the police investigator Scott Turner, is more of an obsessively neat guy and funny at the same time, however with a major tendency for anger (he loses his temper easily and yells a lot).
Reginald VelJohnson is more funny than great, but one can't deny that his character, detective David Sutton, has sense of humor.
The dog, however, is the real star of the movie and naturally a great "actor". Beasley the Dog, a Dogue de Bordeaux, portrays Hooch, apparently a foul-tempered dog that loves to destroy things, but once we get to know him better, we realize that he's got an even temper. By the way, that dog drools in such a way that's unbelievable. I wonder if that dog breed really drools like that or if they just overdo it in the movie for comical effect.
Hooch, however, isn't the only dog worth mentioning. There is also Camilla, the beautiful "Lassie" owned by the veterinarian.