- Actors: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Jacques d'Amboise
- Directors: Michael Dinner
- Writers: Dezsö Magyar, Mark Medoff
- Producers: Harry J. Ufland, Joe Roth
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Walt Disney Studios HE
- DVD Release Date: 20 April 2004
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0001MIQF8
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,562 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Surround ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In this charming comedy that lives up to its title, Judge Reinhold stars as Joe Gower, a librarian's assistant posing as a police officer and trying to win the heart of a beautiful police officer, Rachel Wareham (Meg Tilly). A complex chain of events is put in place when Joe agrees to help out a good friend who's a policeman by taking his place at an audition for the cop's annual benefit show. Once at the auditions, Joe falls for Rachel, who will be dancing in the benefit. Joe starts hanging out with the choreographer in order to spend more time with Rachel. Unfortunately, this gets him into his borrowed police uniform more than he would like, and soon he's carrying out the duties of a beat cop while wearing his disguise. ...Off Beat (1986)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After having seen an excerpt of this film a while back, I had always had it in the back of my mind, because it had left a funny impression on me.
I like Jugde Reinhold and this movie is right up his alley, playing a somewhat shy and clumsy character with enough edge to make for a good leading man. The chemistry between him and Meg Tilly also works quite nicely.
What I found most appealing about this movie was its concept, a shy librarian does his police-officer friend an innocent favor, but then "sort of by accident" stumbles into the actual beat-cop life, after he falls in love with one of the female officers he has to work with and then decides to pursue his love-interest ...
The humor is modest most of the times, but makes for plenty funny moments during the movie and manages to stay witty throughout. Off-Beat manages to keep the viewer curious with its charming love-story and the movie flows in a non-remarkable yet very entertaining way.
I've given this movie 4 stars, because I hate it when low-key (yet charming) romantic comedies (with heart) always get the standard 2 star reviews that usually point out how generic it is. Off beat is nothing like that, the story is funny, the actors make the material work just fine and although there are some typical 80-ties screw-ball-comedy moments in here, nothing feels really contrived, which cannot be said for a lot of other movies in this genre.
If you enjoy light romantic comedies that don't steer too far out of the well known boundaries, but are willing to seek originality, you'll be likely to have a fun evening with Off-Beat.
I like Jugde Reinhold and this movie is right up his alley, playing a somewhat shy and clumsy character with enough edge to make for a good leading man. The chemistry between him and Meg Tilly also works quite nicely.
What I found most appealing about this movie was its concept, a shy librarian does his police-officer friend an innocent favor, but then "sort of by accident" stumbles into the actual beat-cop life, after he falls in love with one of the female officers he has to work with and then decides to pursue his love-interest ...
The humor is modest most of the times, but makes for plenty funny moments during the movie and manages to stay witty throughout. Off-Beat manages to keep the viewer curious with its charming love-story and the movie flows in a non-remarkable yet very entertaining way.
I've given this movie 4 stars, because I hate it when low-key (yet charming) romantic comedies (with heart) always get the standard 2 star reviews that usually point out how generic it is. Off beat is nothing like that, the story is funny, the actors make the material work just fine and although there are some typical 80-ties screw-ball-comedy moments in here, nothing feels really contrived, which cannot be said for a lot of other movies in this genre.
If you enjoy light romantic comedies that don't steer too far out of the well known boundaries, but are willing to seek originality, you'll be likely to have a fun evening with Off-Beat.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I'd watch anything with Meg Tilly in it
3 Feb 2006
Format:DVD
Meg Tilly sitting in a chair reading the newspaper for an hour and a half gets 3 stars from me so anything that she's in starts from there. This is an okay story, plot, etc but not the best to be honest. She's done better movies but this one's not bad and she does get a good amount of screen time. It will keep you entertained and if you're a fan of Meg Tilly, you'll like it.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Great Comedy!!
2 April 2003
Judge Reinhold and Meg Tilly star in this great off beat comedy about a make-believe Cop who gets into all types of mischief.It's a must see movie!!
Good Cop Good Cop
31 May 2011
"Off Beat" is one of those rare comedies that manages to be silly without being stupid - not an easy task. Meg Tilly is wonderful as always - and Judge Reinhold is good as well. I hope some more people discover this little gem.
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