Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 1/5

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Bryan Poyser Austin Chronicle Mar 24, 2003 0.5/5

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Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com Dec 10, 2001 3/5

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Ryan Cracknell Apollo Guide Jul 24, 2001 52/100

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Scott A. Mantz Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews Jan 1, 2000 5/5

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Gene Seymour Newsday Jan 1, 2000

There are points in the movie where you think you're ready to laugh, but, like the movie as a whole, they don't amount to much.

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Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire Jan 1, 2000 1.5/4

It's hard not to wonder if Foxx owed somebody a favor when he signed on to make a movie this amateurish.

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Jim Judy Screen It! Jan 1, 2000

Eastin's plot never strays from the predictable nor creates the proper comedic tension and urgency needed for the story to work.

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Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com Jan 1, 2000 C-

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Wesley Morris San Francisco Examiner Jan 1, 2000

It's a movie so foul even the folks at the NAACP Image Awards would have to look the other way.

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Loren King Boston Globe Jan 1, 2000

Held Up is a fish-out-of-water comedy that is all wet from the start.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Jan 1, 2000

This slow and talky sitcom may leave its paying customers feeling Held Up.

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Dennis Hunt San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 1, 2000

In this disjointed comedy, Foxx is just a Murphy clone.

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Thom Bennett Film Journal International Jan 1, 2000

While an attempt to satirize the conventions of the hostage drama may have seemed an interesting notion, Held Up falls down on almost every count.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jan 1, 2000 D-

It might be Foxx who's the hostage in Held Up, but by the time the static, feeble movie crawls to a close it's the audience that will feel trapped.

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Michael Atkinson Mr. Showbiz Jan 1, 2000

There's enough nice timing and character surprises to make it click at least half of the time.

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Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Jan 1, 2000 6/10

Even if it isn't much of a comedy, at least it's a good-spirited one. The cast gives it their all, but the material is hopeless.

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A.O. Scott New York Times Jan 1, 2000 0.5/5

By the end, even the irrepressible Mr. Foxx seems tired and defeated.

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