Synopsis
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
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Cast
- Mr. TSamson
- Max GailHarold
- Adam BaldwinAlbert Hockenberry
- Gary BuseyDell
- Bill MaherBaba
- Peter PaulBuddy
- David PaulBuzzy
- Irene CaraIrene Cara
- Paul RodríguezXavier
- Jill SchoelenClaudette
Recommandations
- 70
Washington Post
D.C. Cab jumps you in the spirit of a big, shaggy and affection-craving pooch. You may wish it weren't quite so sloppily demonstrative, but it's too full of zest and good will to be resisted. [15 Dec 1983, p.D1] - 60
The New York Times
D.C. CAB is a musical mob scene, a raucous, crowded movie that's fun as long as it stays wildly busy, and a lot less interesting when it wastes time on plot or conversation. There's a lot of talent in the large cast, and Joel Schumacher, the director, generally keeps things bustling. - 60
Washington Post
Not much really happens here, and if you're looking for motivation or reasonable plot evolution or anything more than a night that feels like sitting in the stands at a really rowdy Redskins game, don't hail this cab...It's upbeat, bumper to bumper: squeals on wheels. [16 Dec 1983, p.23] - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
D. C. Cab is not an entirely bad movie -- it has its moments -- but if it had used more actual taxi-riding incidents and more recognizable driver types, it could have been a little masterpiece. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Mindless but likable comedy about a failing Washington, DC, cab company that is revitalized when the eccentric group of cabbies work together to save it. A good cast makes the most of the uninspired material. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
D.C. Cab is a high-energy comedy in desperate search for the big laugh. So desperate that the film has the manic pace of a sitcom gone bonkers. The score pounds, the cars careen, but the laugh is never found. And a few chuckles are a minor reward for a major assault. [19 Dec 1983] - 30
IGN
The movie's inherent flaws and jumble of subplots and side characters barely make a scratch into the stereotypes and cookie-cutter story. - 25
Miami Herald
A film that has too little to entertain grownups, and perhaps too much for children. It's a blunder. [21 Dec 1983, p.C8]
