Skidoo
Skidoo

Skidoo

1968Movie97 minEnglish

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.

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IMDb4.2/10
Director: Otto PremingerGenres: Comedy, Crime

Plot Summary

A retired mob boss, Tony Banks, is blackmailed by his former associate into participating in a heist. He reluctantly agrees, and the plan involves impersonating a prison guard to break out another gangster. The chaotic heist is fraught with misadventures, including a jailbreak involving a magic carpet and a police investigation that leads to a surreal, psychedelic party.

Critical Reception

Skidoo is widely regarded as one of Otto Preminger's least successful films, often cited as a bizarre and bewildering attempt to engage with counter-culture themes that ultimately fell flat. Critics panned its nonsensical plot, dated humor, and confused tone, while audiences were largely bewildered by its strangeness.

What Reviewers Say

  • A bewildering and unfunny attempt to cash in on counter-culture trends.
  • The film suffers from a nonsensical plot and an embarrassing lack of humor.
  • A directorial misstep that fails on nearly every level.

Google audience: Audience reception for Skidoo is largely negative, with viewers often describing it as a confusing, poorly executed, and dated film that fails to entertain.

Fun Fact

During the filming of 'Skidoo,' Cary Grant, who was retired from acting, agreed to appear in the film as a favor to his friend and director Otto Preminger, and it would be his final film role.

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