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Hot Stuff [VHS]

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
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This one of a handful of films that I can either sit and watch with friends or let play in the background over and over again.
A cast built of (often underrated) character actors play a group of Florida cops learning the ropes of setting up a sting operation while they try to catch the criminials in the act of pawning hot goods. It a good hearted, often hilarious, entertaining bit of popcorn fluff to kill 90 minutes of time. Its a shame its not out on DVD....

This is one of the few movies I watched over and over in the theater without the humor, romance, or characters wearing thin. Everybody in this film did a good job, with just the right mix of dramatic tension and belly laughs. The chemistry between Pleshette and Reed was wonderful, and the ending (including a final superb touch!) had me on the floor.

Please, please please! Bring this one out on DVD.

I remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid. Initially my dad took myself and my two brothers to see a different movie but it was no longer running when we got to the theater. One of the best movies I have seen that my parents had no intention of taking us to. Plenty of laughs! I too wish it was available on DVD. I keep hoping it will happen some day!

I happen to like this movie, despite how few people have seen it. It's about a cop (Deluise) who is soon retiring but he has one last job. He and two partners I believe set up a S.T.I.N.G. operation to catch thieves selling stolen goods. I'm only 20, so I wasnt even born when this movie was made, ...

I love this movie. It is so funny. I remember seeing this when it first came out in a double feature with 9 to 5. What a great time we had seeing these two movies. I would strongly suggest everyone seeing this film!

This is movie I saw when it was first release and at a low point in my life. Seeing this movie lifted my spirits. I was funny, proved that crime doesn't pay and love is possible even among cops. It is very entertaining and worth seeing over and over.

Hot Stuff is one my favorite movies from the 70's. Great Actors and story. Can't wait til it comes to DVD.

Fantastic movie if you want some good, clean comedy. Hilarious plot and excellent mesh of characters.

This has to be one of Dom DeLuise's funniest movies. All the stars work very
well together. Not a dull moment in the movie. I first saw this movie when I was
younger, I'm so glad I could get it on DVD.

I remember seeing this movie in the Summer of '79 at the Sameric Theatre(formerly the Boyd) on a double-bill with "North Dallas Forty". That tidbit aside, Dom DeLuise made some interesting choices in and around that time. In 1978 he did a memorable turn as a schizophrenic in "The End", a dark comedy about death and dying starring and directed by Burt Reynolds. In 1980 he was the star of "Fatso", a film about the travails of an obese young man which was directed by Anne Bancroft. No less an expert than Martin Scorsese characterized that film as one the best depictions of an Italian-American family ever made. Currently that film is unavailable on DVD and I would recommend strongly that some company take the impetus to reissue it. This is an interesting piece for DeLuise to helm in his directorial debut. Ostensibly a cop caper film DeLuise demonstrates an assuredness behind the camera. He artfully captures Miami in all it's sunsplashed seediness that predates "Miami Vice" by five years. The script is at turns whimsical, witty, and gritty which should come as no surprise because it was co-scripted by Donald Westlake who expertly adapted Jim Thompson's "The Grifters" a decade later. A bit by Marc Lawrence("The Asphalt Jungle") as a mobster gives the film further gravitas. I remember when this film was released in the waning days of Summer with little fanfare. The studio probably didn't know whether to promote it as a raucous comedy or a gritty cop flick. It's unfortunate it's been released on DVD by mail order only. Word of mouth about this unheralded gem might entice a distributor to make it more readily available.