Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has generally received very positive reviews.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was released in 1988 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 556 reviews, giving Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels than critics were.
With a score of 75%, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Bull Durham and Stand and Deliver.
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