Nicolas Cage is out of his mind in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans. And it's wonderful to see.
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12/18/09
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:74
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Befitting its unorthodox origins, this Bad Lieutenant benefits from Werner Herzog's typically fearless direction and a delightfully unhinged Nicolas Cage in the title role.
Theatrical Release:Nov 20, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $1,159,281
Synopsis: In Werner Herzog’s new film “The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans,” Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Director: Werner Herzog
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Reviews for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Top CriticWhile watching Cage in Bad Lieutenant I felt like a crack fiend myself: No matter how much I got it was never going to be enough.
12/18/09
As usual, Herzog works the madness for any poetry he can find...
12/17/09
I think I had more fun watching Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (twice) than I did at any other movie this year.
12/11/09
A depraved, perfect storm of cinema.
12/11/09
The script has some scuzzy, jokey appeal, and I like it that instead of trying to hide them, Herzog tosses the movie's ridiculous coincidences right in our faces as if daring us to duck.
12/11/09
a bizarre amalgam of source material, director and star that's just nutso enough to work
12/06/09
Cage and Herzog click together better than just about any first-time actor & director combination in recent memory.
12/04/09
Thisbad lieutenant's pain is less punishment than righteous realignment, a reflection of the nutty, debased, and utterly chaotic world around him. He's not deviant. He's the new normal.
12/04/09
Even if it's not classic noir, this high tension, fast-paced film about an extremely unsympathetic character is still entertaining.
12/02/09
Cage returns to resplendently weird form.
12/01/09
Do fish have dreams? Do they dream of ominous iguanas, perhaps? Or maybe the disembodied breakdancing souls of freshly capped gangsters? More to the point, will Nicolas Cage ever make another movie that makes sense?
12/01/09
Nicolas Cage is so gleefully over-the-top as the troubled cop of the title that you will either be repulsed or fascinated by his performance and, since it lives or dies by it, the movie itself.
11/29/09
Top CriticThe movie could have ended without the last few scenes and been far more tense and suspenseful. As it stands now, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans plays as if Schindler's List ended with an energetic musical performance by The Muppets.
11/25/09
Like the late Klaus Kinski, who so often played crazies in Herzog's earlier movies, Cage is in your face all the way. Laughing maniacally, lying with no sign of a conscience, he pushes the character's frequent tantrums beyond over-the-top.
11/25/09
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans is a magnificent mess of the sort only Herzog can get away with making.
11/25/09
Frankly, the story isn't remotely as interesting as Cage. Nothing is.
11/24/09
Top CriticCage can be loopy, weird and at the same time sympathetic -- crucial to our response to this character -- and Herzog draws one of his better performances here.
11/24/09
A one-of-a-kind experience that boasts a twice-in-a-lifetime performance from Nicolas Cage.
11/24/09
Top CriticDespite his strangely receding hairline, bug-eyed demeanor and hunchback stance, Cage somehow avoids making this police lieutenant a caricature.
11/24/09
Top CriticLatest News for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
December 17, 2009:
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November 17, 2009:
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November 16, 2009:
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