Taxi (Full Screen Edition) |  | Director: Tim Story
Actors: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  73 reviews
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2227780D
UPC: 024543013723
EAN: 0024543013723
ASIN: B00074CBIS
Theatrical Release Date: October 8, 2004
Release Date: February 15, 2005
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Bumbling cop Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) is a terrible driver who loses his license and so recruits reluctant Belle (Queen Latifah) and her souped-up mega-cab after he stumbles onto a team of supermodel bank robbers. Several klutzy encounters and high-speed car chases ensue. If this sounds to you like the obvious result of a Hollywood pitch session ("Hey, let's pair some guy from Saturday Night Live with a tough-talking African-American and set them after babes on wheels!"), you're right; it doesn't mean, however, that you won't get in a few decent laughs before director Tim (Barbershop) Story's amiable time-killer falls into a steaming pile of would-be blockbuster buddy film cliches. The ever-ingratiating Latifah has long since proved her star charisma, and Fallon does an amusingly offhand parody of failed machismo. They're clearly having a good time together, and you could do worse than their company. There isn't a frame here that isn't cheaply recycled from some other lame action comedy, but if you grit your teeth for the very bumpy ride, you'll come out without too many scratches.--Steve Wiecking
Product Description
NEW YORK'S FASTEST CABBIE, WHOSE DRIVING EXPERTISE - NOT TO MENTION HER LOADED-TO-THE-MAX VEHICLE - COMES IN HANDY WHEN A FUMBLING YOUNG UNDERCOVER COP MUST CRACK A BANK ROBBERY PLOTHATCHED BY A GANG OF SEXY SUPERMODELS.
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 Taxi (Widescreen Edition) January 18, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Belle Williams is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion. And she's well on her way, until she's derailed by overeager cop Andy Washburn, whose undercover skills are matched only by his total ineptitude behind the wheel. Washburn, whose lack of vehicular skills has landed him in the precinct doghouse, is hot on the heels of a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers, led by Vanessa, their cold, calculating and leggy leader. To nab the evasive crooks, drivers license less Washburn convinces Belle to team up with him to pursue Vanessa and crew. Belle has carte blanche to drive at any speed and break any law. The car less cop and speed demon cabbie New York's unlikeliest partners begin a high-speed game of cat and mouse with the robbers. That is, if Belle and Washburn don't end up killing each other first. The action is fast, and the chase scenes are just great. Taxi is a good time because of the rest of the cast and the storyline is fast paced action. Queen Latifah alone is worth watching.
Taxi October 20, 2009
George J. Texter
vewry funny movie , the DVD arrived as they discribed it to be ...was in great shape
I Taxi U June 16, 2009
Latifah and Fallon have great chemistry together.
So good, in fact, you begin to wonder if they are
not each chasing after, or being chased by, the
wrong person.
He has a girlfriend, or rather a "it is just a matter of
time before she is my girlfriend" and she has a fiance,
or a "I want you to stay being my girlfriend", who has
just financed the purchase of a diamond ring, and that is
way before the wedding ceremony is under way. That
financing, will have to wait. (Fiance, is one 'N' away
from finance.) First, she has to say yes, but in order to
say yes, she has to show up. She is dodging her boy,
and he is chasing his girl: They are distracted.
She drives. She likes to drive, stay in motion. He
hates motion. But if he doesn't learn to drive, how
will he chase? He sits with her, taking notes, writing.
She knows a lot about cars, and he doesn't. But he is
persistent, while those around him want quick results.
Does a cab driver EXPECT to be paid, or does she
HOPE to get paid? Is taxi a noun, or a verb? I taxi U.
The movie is a study in contrast. But of what?
Masculine. Feminine. Dynamic versus Static:
Flowers versus Bees. His name is Washburn:
As in, wash and burn. Water and Fire. Truth and
Love. Blood and Spirit. Red and Blue.
And then there are these super-model bank robbers
who seem as if they would be the last people upon
the earth to worry about staying or going, able to
chase down and capture, or run away, for they
live in the fast lane, and they pose. They can handle
both the Static and the Dynamic...Perhaps, by the
end of the movie, you will find yourselves rooting for
the supermodel bankrobbers instead, while wondering,
Why did they feel they needed to rob banks or drive cars
and fire guns, looking the way they do? For they could
"hire" a private army, have chauffers do their driving, and
get paid, for just being themselves. Why do all that
work when they don't have to? Maybe because they
wanted to break down stereotypes about what
supermodels can and cannot do. Or maybe because
a chauffer expects something in return, and they just
got tired of that. They wanted to feel taxied for a change.
 Total Garbage February 2, 2009
Uncle Chino (New Zealand)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't think of one thing good about this movie except that it has a couple of hot girls in it. Jimmy Falon was mildly amusing when he would crack up like an idiot on SNL during his skits but he should never be in another movie. He is horrible. Queen Latifah was not funny at all in this and Luc Besson must have needed a pay check. I am a big fan of Besson and he really put out a steamy pile of garbage with this one. Probably his worst movie ever.
"Buckle for safety mother F**cker" July 22, 2008
Daniel Mccay (Louisville, Ky)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this movie was very good, and funny. Queen Latifah played a wondferul part. Jimmy Falllon, I really didn't know his work, so I can't judge him, but if your a Queen Latifah fan, this movie should be in your collection
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