Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Directed by Frank Oz · 110 min · Comedy, Crime
37.4 TOPICAL score · #2,893 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, directed by Frank Oz) has a TOPICAL score of 37.4 - ranked 2,893 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Critics: 88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 68. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (1,100 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 33 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 68
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (1,100 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 33 languages
- Still read33,394 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Steve Martin (actor #751), Michael Caine (actor #29), Glenne Headly (actor #1,866), Anton Rodgers