Spenser Confidential

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Spenser Confidential

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2020

1h 51m

Action

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To unravel a twisted murder conspiracy, a former police detective returns to Boston's criminal underworld.

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Critics Consensus

While the buddy cops at the center of Spenser Confidential are plenty affable, the comedy never arrives as this half-hearted vehicle goes purely through the motions.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Spenser Confidential is too anaemic to be anything other than a paint-by-numbers bore offering nothing new and trying to skate by on Wahlberg's charisma alone.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 6, 2020

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

You don't need to remember the '80s private-eye series Spenser for Hire to enjoy this witless, charmless Mark Wahlberg Netflix movie. All you need is a general lack of discernment.

Mar 11, 2020

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

AV Club

An ending that teases the possibility of sequels, with Wahlberg's Spenser tackling more cases of police officers and emergency personnel who have been falsely accused of crimes, should elicit nothing but groans.

Rated: C-

Mar 11, 2020

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Ethan Gordon

InSession Film

It’s disappointing to see Peter Berg slink away from what seemed like a solid career as an action-craftsman/director for hire. He can apply competence, he just doesn’t seem to want to.

Rated: C+

Mar 21, 2024

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Elizabeth Garcia

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Spenser Confidential is a run of the mill action movie that can’t decide if it wants to be Training Day or Rush Hour.

Rated: 3/10

Jan 21, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It has a throwback vibe to it that makes it all pretty easy to digest. But it’s even easier to forget.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Ni L

I'm not sure why I watched it. They said it was a comedy but somebody needs to look up comedy in the dictionary because this is not a comedy. Not even a dark comedy. Alan Arkin is delightful (not enough of him) and Mark Wahlberg is consistent, but these cannot compensate for the lack of interest generated by the one dimensional characters. What is the ILiza Shlesinger character, even? Left disappointed but enjoyed the diorama tour of Boston, especially the bus stop at Washington Street. Nice bus stop. There was something about buses in this film, thinking about it now, that makes me think the film was written on a bus or waiting for a bus.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/22/24

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Jaymes S

It didn't forever change the course of cinematic history lol, but it's an extremely enjoyable movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Kevin K

I thought Spencer confidential was a great movie a must see a lot of action mark is a good actor they do have a lot of haters out there buts that’s ok mark keep making them good movies you have plenty of real mark w fans out there. It doesn’t look like your going to slow down anytime soon keeping it real Kevin Kelley

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Audience Member

Good cast, fairly well-acted, decent storyline. Main problem was that it was a very out in the open daylight murder mystery when it should have been more cloak and dagger-they should have made the female FBI agent a younger hot geeky computer nerd and have her join with them to unofficially hack into phones and emails to piece things together better. Then they could have brought her into a sequel. But the writers in Hollywood are so F**KING WEAK now. No creativity, just formula action movies with predictable endings, no great twists at the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Guava I

I would have given it 2 stars until the end when Spenser threw away his gun so he and the bad guy could settle it with a fist fight. Come on, Hollywood Writer Guy, you can do better than that. Hell, I can do better than that and I'm not a Professional Hollywood Writer Guy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Joe W

Can't say I like Wahlberg. It seems like when the director calls "action" he just wrinkles his forehead. He calls that acting. The movie has kind of a transparent plot. Easy to predict. Some good fight scenes, but that does not make a good movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/28/24

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Synopsis

To unravel a twisted murder conspiracy, a former police detective returns to Boston's criminal underworld.

Director: Peter Berg
Producer: Toby Ascher, Peter Berg, Stephen Levinson, Neal H. Moritz, Mark Wahlberg
Screenwriter: Sean O'Keefe, Brian Helgeland
Production Co: Netflix
Rating: R (Violence|Sexual Content|Language Throughout)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2020
Runtime: 1h 51m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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