Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This film is what it is respectively, a good comedy with action and fun fight sequences that Jackie Chan can honestly deliver! What are the critics expecting an Oscar worthy film about a Tuxedo? I don't think so. As in a film overall? It's not a perfect film or a great film. But it is a good film in my opinion. If your a Jackie Chan fan? Then you will also surely like it. P.S The Dr Angelo Scene with The Old Lady had me in the stitches!

Martial arts star Jackie Chan plays chauffeur Jimmy Tong, who has been employed by millionaire Clark Devlin to be his driver. After an accident that put Devlin in the hospital, Tong was supposed to fetch some things for him and unknowingly tries on Devlin's tuxedo, which turns out to be a suit that dons special powers. This discovery leads Tong into an espionage case involving Dietrich Banning (Ritchie Coaster), who was responsible for Devlin's accident, and involving the intervention of an American spy agency, who assigns scientist Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt) to the case.I've seen this movie a number of times and most likely enjoy it for its quick-action, quick-humor and for the fact that Chan and Hewitt are in it - all despite the film having overly slapstick humor, corny acting, lack of suspense, and lack of rapport between Chan and Hewitt's characters (since they're supposed to be a team). Chan clearly didn't take his role too seriously, but was just having fun with his character, showing off a dozen martial arts moves.It's not an action masterpiece, but a popcorn-fun film with a touch of thrills and sci-fi.Grade B-

Taxi Driver Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is given the job of chauffeur to smooth secret agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), but after a bomb blast almost kills Devlin, Jimmy enters the world of espionage posing as his boss. With the help of sexy scientist Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and the use of Devlin's top secret, gadget laden tuxedo, Jimmy tries to defeat Dietrich Banning, a maniac plotting to poison America's reservoirs.I've been promising to show my 8-year-old son something from my kung fu collection for quite some time now, but due to the high level of violence in most of my martial arts DVDs, the majority were not really suitable; in the end, I gave him the choice between two Jackie Chan films: Twin Dragons or The Tuxedo. Unfortunately, he chose the latter, one of the Jackie's more recent films which I had avoided so far thanks to its being mainstream Hollywood fare aimed at a family audience. Still, I was willing to give it a go since it co-starred Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose looks and magnificent cleavage make even the lamest movies easier to endure.As I expected, this film features very little in the way of decent action or story: the plot is awful, the comedy weak, the fight scenes far too reliant on special effects and wire work, and Peter Stormare and Debi Mazar are totally wasted in a throwaway roles. As I had suspected, curvacious Jennifer Love Hewitt is easily the breast thing... err, I mean the best thing about the whole rather sorry affair.I rate The Tuxedo a miserable 2/10, plus a generous extra pair of points for JLH's extra-generous pair of points.

Strangely, it's the moments before and after the eponymous tuxedo appears where the film is most successful. The first act is hugely enjoyable in fact; consistently laugh-out-loud funny. Jason Isaacs makes a strong impression as the Bond-like secret agent who employs Jackie Chan as his driver. In fact, he bears a strong resemblance to how Ian Fleming imagined Bond in the novels and seeing him in such a role makes you wonder if he wouldn't have been a good choice for the role after Pierce Brosnan left.But I digress. Once Chan slips on Isaacs' super-tux things get very silly, but not in a good way. It seems to be aimed squarely at the younger crowd, yet there is a nasty level of detail in a couple of horror moments that are probably unsuitable for young kiddies.The special effects are poor but not too distracting, the performances are about right for the target audience but adults may find them grating. Jennifer Love Hewitt does the best work, throwing herself into her role with aplomb, even if at times it appears she's trying too hard. Her chemistry with Chan is adequate - again, you have to bear in mind this is a kid's film - although Chan lacks his usual charm.In short it's not as dreadful as you may have heard. Kids won't think it's the best film they've ever seen, but will probably enjoy it even if they find the plot challenging, but that's about all it has going for it.