Protocol

PG

1984

1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy

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33%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

38%

2,500+ Ratings

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A Washington waitress (Goldie Hawn) saves the Emir of Ohtar's (Richard Romanus) life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

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Christopher R

Not really believable but it doesn't have to be to be fun to watch. Makes me chuckle.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/23

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In disposition and locks, always sunny Goldie's golden Sunny struggles to understand what an African "emu" is, struggles to understand American governmental bureaucratese, and struggles to understand generic barbaric Arabic, while the audience struggles to understand what the point is.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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S R

8/25/23 - Saw it again with family and it was much better. Perhaps I was mostly enjoying the DC scene again. 2.5/5 Fun for the DC, but this is so ridiculous. 1.5/5

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/23

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Excellent lil' movie, kinda, sorta a take off of Born Yesterday with Judy Holiday and William Holden, a CLASSIC...this is relevant now to the American People and should be watched and understood that this is REAL Life Politics as USUAL and/or UNUSUAL.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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william s

A witless Private Benjamin joins the state department.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Silly but enjoyable Goldie Hawn vehicle about a cocktail waitress who foils an assassination attempt. Her charm leads the presidents' handlers to add her to their diplomatic corp, where he begins a 1980s twist on "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" with some touches of "Born Yesterday." Buck Henry wrote the script, which makes the comedy a bit sharper than you'd expect from a Goldie Hawn comedy. The film features a lot of familiar 80s character actors. My favorites were Amanda Bearse (in her film debut) and John Ratzenberger as "Security Guard on TV"and Al Leong as "Cook."

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Herbert Ross

Director

Goldie Hawn

Sunny Davis

Chris Sarandon

Michael Ransome

Richard Romanus

Emir

Andre Gregory

Nawaf Al Kabeer

Gail Strickland

Ambassador Marietta St. John

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Paul Attanasio

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"Protocol" is the kind of corny screwball comedy you thought nobody made anymore.

Jan 4, 2018

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The first hour of Protocol is so much fun, and the Goldie Hawn character is such an engaging original, that at first I couldn't believe they were going to throw away all that work by going for a standard Hollywood ending. But they did.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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David Nusair

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...a watchable yet often excessively erratic endeavor.

Rated: 2.5/4

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Chuck O'Leary

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 10, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jul 27, 2005

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Brian J. Arthurs

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2002

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Synopsis

A Washington waitress (Goldie Hawn) saves the Emir of Ohtar's (Richard Romanus) life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

Director: Herbert Ross
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Sound Mix: Surround

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