The Mod Squad

R

Released Mar 26, 1999

1 hr. 34 min.

Drama

List

3%

65 Reviews

Tomatometer

17%

10,000+ Ratings

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Julie (Claire Danes) is on her way to jail for assault. Arsonist Linc (Omar Epps) is looking at serious prison time. And Pete (Giovanni Ribisi) is about to be sent away for robbery. Unexpectedly, a Los Angeles police captain named Adam Greer (Dennis Farina) makes them a deal: If they agree to work as an undercover unit investigating drug dealers who prey on teens, Greer will wipe their slates clean. A tragic turn of events quickly finds Julie, Linc and Pete working to clear their names.

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Critics Consensus

The Mod Squad aims for stylish cool and thrilling adventure, but collapses in an incoherent jumble of dated source material and unintentional hilarity.

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Mark B

No words how bad this is.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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Steve D

Danes and Epps are solid and almost make it work but Ribisi's character is so obnoxious, so over the top he drags the entire thing down.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Stuart M

Fell asleep 15 minutes into this lousy rehash. Poorly acted and special affects were better back in the 1960's. Save yourself some time and agony and pass on this one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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linc h

This movie is bad. The casting was bad. The story was bad. The lighting was bad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Dumb movie that I'll forget about in 10 seconds.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/18

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Audience Member

Of all of the TV series made into movies, I think this at least tried to stay true to the original show. I will admit that the script would have played out better for a TV series but at least they didn't make it as campy as they have some of the other shows they have tried to turn two Silver Screen. 21 Jump Street was actually a crime drama made for younger people, when they made it into a movie they just played off of bad humor and poorly written Scripts. At least this one they tried to keep to the show.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Scott Silver

Director

Claire Danes

Julie

Giovanni Ribisi

Peter Cochran

Omar Epps

Lincoln Hayes

Dennis Farina

Captain Adam Greer

Josh Brolin

Billy Waites

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - Gathering Evidence

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - Double Murder

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - I Was Blending

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - The Mod Squad Gets Mad

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - No Guns

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - Officer Pete

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - Not Real Cops

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - Interrogation

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The Mod Squad: Official Clip - One of Those Dirty Cop Drug Things

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

There are only two possible reactions to the film version of The Mod Squad: Either you hate it or you really hate it.

Mar 21, 2017

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Whatever countercultural kick the original Mod Squad had going for it, it has long since faded like a favorite pair of blue jeans, the kind you remember fondly but wouldn't dream of wearing again.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 21, 2017

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

The film's resolute failure is clearly a group effort requiring not just an awful script and flat-footed direction, but also terrible acting, an intrusive and derivative score, and a plot that seems to have been lifted from an unproduced Baretta teleplay.

Mar 21, 2017

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a reasonable-enough premise that’s employed to mostly underwhelming and uninvolving effect by Silver...

Rated: 2/4

Feb 22, 2024

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Gary Wolcott

Tri-City Herald

The Mod Squad wasn't that interesting in the '60s, and nothing has changed in the '90s.

Rated: D

Jul 13, 2023

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Leah Rozen

People Magazine

Bad trip. Bites. Whack. Whatever your era and whatever your slang, this new movie version of TV's The Mod Squad stinks.

Mar 21, 2017

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Synopsis

Julie (Claire Danes) is on her way to jail for assault. Arsonist Linc (Omar Epps) is looking at serious prison time. And Pete (Giovanni Ribisi) is about to be sent away for robbery. Unexpectedly, a Los Angeles police captain named Adam Greer (Dennis Farina) makes them a deal: If they agree to work as an undercover unit investigating drug dealers who prey on teens, Greer will wipe their slates clean. A tragic turn of events quickly finds Julie, Linc and Pete working to clear their names.

Director: Scott Silver
Executive Producer: David Ladd, Aaron Spelling
Screenwriter: Buddy Ruskin, Stephen Kay, Scott Silver, Kate Lanier, BC Smith
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.3M
Sound Mix: DTS

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