Off Beat

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Off Beat

PG

1986

1h 32m

Comedy

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A library clerk (Judge Reinhold) covers for a policeman friend and gets carried away with impersonating an officer.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Off Beat is a movie with a sharp edge and more than a little hostility, but the over-all feeling is sort of warm and romantic.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Sep 17, 2005

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Not at all -- it's pure, forgettable formulaic sitcom

Rated: 2/5

Jul 10, 2003

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Steve D

Contrived and predictable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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Audience Member

A man poses as a cop all in the name of love in this silly comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

A pleasant comedy with good intentions, not particularly memorable though. Whatever happened to Judge Reinhold??

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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One of the earliest Touchstone movies does not seem to have aged well, but it wasn't bad. An OK comedy with some funny moments from Judge Reinhold. (First and only viewing - 12/6/2009)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Its just an average comedy to me. I probably wouldn't watch it again.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

OK time waster. Also see Hero At Large for similar effect.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Michael Dinner

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Judge Reinhold

Joe Gower

Meg Tilly

Rachel Wareham

Cleavant Derricks

Abe Washington

Joe Mantegna

Pete Peterson

Jacques d'Amboise

August

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Synopsis

A library clerk (Judge Reinhold) covers for a policeman friend and gets carried away with impersonating an officer.

Director: Michael Dinner
Producer: Joe Roth, Harry J. Ufland
Screenwriter: Mark Medoff
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.1M
Runtime: 1h 32m