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Clothes make the superspy in this high-energy action comedy. Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is a well-meaning but clumsy New York City cab driver who is tapped by Steena (Debi Mazar), associate to multi-mil... read more read more...lionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), for a new job as Devlin's personal limo driver. After a mysterious accident lands Devlin in the hospital, Tong learns that his new boss has a secret -- when he's not wheeling and dealing in high finance, Devlin is also a secret agent for the CSA, a top-level security agency. The secret to Devlin's success as a spy is his trademark tuxedo, a suit which is loaded with special gadgets which turns him into a high-tech fighting machine. After Tong dons the tuxedo and is transformed into a martial arts master, he takes over for Devlin and discovers that the agent's injuries didn't happen by accident. As Tong tries to chase down a handful of international super-villains bent on world conquest, he has to deal with Devlin's new partner, Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a CSA rookie who is just as baffled by her new assignment as Tong. The Tuxedo marked the feature-film debut for director Kevin Donovan, who had previously won international acclaim for his work in television commercials. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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137 critics

DVD Release Date: February 25, 2003

Stats: 4,711 reviews

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  • fb535316333
    July 21, 2011
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    Oh wow, why? Why?! I don't even know if this warrants a review. It's like Spy Kids 2 meets Jackie Chan meets... severe overproduction. Who, in their right mind, thought this would be a good idea when it was pitched? Seriously.
  • fb573414556
    June 9, 2011
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    If It weren't for Jackie Chan this would be a horrible film, the script is pretty bad and Jennifer Love Hewwit is just annoying. It does however raise a few laughs which make it almost worthwhile.
  • July 23, 2010
    C-
  • July 18, 2010
    Okay, the starting was totally disgusting. I was having my dinner while watching this and I truly wished I shouldn't have. But that was the only part. The movie was nice. There were few funny part that made me smile (notice how I didn't use the word "laugh"). I always loved the b... read moreloopers at the end. I love how Jackie keep going on with his horrible English. The bloopers shows how he always have problems with his English and I really respect his effort. In the end I would like to say this movie was not that boring (as Jackie Chan was in it). But there is a chance that you won't find the story that much entertaining.
  • July 31, 2009
    a run-of-the-mill action flick, complete with a kung-fu expert trying to act and an extremely hot sidekick, also trying to act.
  • May 11, 2009
    If you think of this as a kid?s movie, then it?s a fun novel idea and very easy watching, it certainly raised a few chuckles, although Jiennifer Love Hewett was a little annoying in parts and isn?t the typical kind of comedy partner we have come to expect for Jackie Chan.

    Enjo... read moreyable and fun.
  • July 11, 2008
    i love when jackie mentions his soul patch. comedy gold. oh and jennifer love hewitt is in it, thats all i need
  • March 11, 2008
    Typical Jackie Chan movie, Jennifer provides some nice eye candy.
  • January 1, 2008
    Funny comedy about a taxi driver who becomes entangled in a mission to save the water supply from contamination and he does this with a magic tux! A different Jackie Chan movie.
  • June 7, 2007
    okay yes it was incredibly lame and cliche but i liked it.

Critic Reviews


Ed Park
October 1, 2002
Ed Park, Village Voice

The only possible surprise in The Tuxedo would be an extended demonstration of what was once Chan's trademark, the daffily choreographed kineticism forbidden of late by either his own age or the scrup... Full Review

Richard Roeper
September 30, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

One of the worst movies of the year. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
September 27, 2002
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

This overproduced and generally disappointing effort isn't likely to rouse the Rush Hour crowd.

Desson Thomson
September 27, 2002
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

This movie is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States.

Stephen Hunter
September 27, 2002
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

It's drab. It's uninteresting. It squanders Chan's uniqueness; it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt!

Robert Koehler
September 27, 2002
Robert Koehler, Variety

For the first time in Chan's glorious career, credits for various fx-oriented skills far outnumber those for stunts and fight choreography, always in the past the beating, thumping heart of every Chan... Full Review

Peter Howell
September 27, 2002
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

If The Tuxedo actually were a suit, it would fit Chan like a $99 bargain-basement special. Full Review

Jonathan Curiel
September 27, 2002
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

It all adds up to good fun. Full Review

Charles Taylor
September 27, 2002
Charles Taylor, Salon.com

Some hack makes a beer commercial and winds up trashing Jackie Chan. Full Review

Jan Stuart
September 27, 2002
Jan Stuart, Newsday

It is a measure of the screenwriters' laziness that Brown's impromptu aside to Chan during the obligatory closing-credits outtakes sequence turns out to be the wittiest one-liner in the whole picture. Full Review

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Facts


    • Clark Devlin: Jimmy, I hate to say this, but don't take advice from women about women.
    • Jimmy Tong: The name's Tong, James Tong.
  • Class. Action. Suit.

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  • The tuxedo that Sherman wears to the prom in American Pie is the same one that Steve Buscemi wore in _________.  Answer »
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