New York Taxi (2004)

New York Taxi: Directed by Tim Story. With Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito. A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.

“When he loses his driveru0026#39;s license, an inept police officer (Jimmy Fallon) must rely on the reckless driving skills of a taxi driver who would prefer to drive race cars (Queen Latifah) to help him stop a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe premise sounds like one of those film that are really stupid yet still kind of funny. However, it didnu0026#39;t really work out like that. The film wasnu0026#39;t a complete dud it just wasnu0026#39;t very funny. I wasnu0026#39;t surprised this film didnu0026#39;t do so well in theaters. The previews were weak and a lot of people donu0026#39;t like Jimmy Fallon. I only saw it because of Queen Latifah. Unfortunately, she couldnu0026#39;t save the movie. The film was just too childish and unoriginal. There were a few funny lines yet nothing that really made me laugh a lot. It starts off well but then it starts to drag and it feels a lot longer than 97 minutes. I even had low expectations because the critics murdered the movie but it was not very funny.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eQueen Latifah is easily the best thing about Taxi. She has a lot of charisma and she makes the film watchable. Jimmy Fallon was okay, nothing special. Sometimes he tried too hard to be funny though. For his first movie, he sure made a poor choice. He could have a successful movie career, he just needs to make better choices. Gisele Bundchen is very beautiful and she did a good job but her role didnu0026#39;t exactly call for a lot of acting talent. The direction was uneven and Tim Story isnu0026#39;t a very good director. Also, the chemistry between Latifah and Fallon just wasnu0026#39;t there and they didnu0026#39;t seem right for each other. This comedy just suffered from a weak script and weak direction. It ended up being a below average comedy and it wasnu0026#39;t worth watching in theaters. In the end, if youu0026#39;re interested in watching Taxi wait for video. Rating 4/10”