The Mod Squad

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The Mod Squad

R

1999

1h 34m

Drama

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

Crime

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Julie (Claire Danes) is on her way to jail for assault. Arsonist Linc (Omar Epps) is looking at serious prison time. And Pete (Giovanni Ribisi) is about to be sent away for robbery. Unexpectedly, a Los Angeles police captain named Adam Greer (Dennis Farina) makes them a deal: If they agree to work as an undercover unit investigating drug dealers who prey on teens, Greer will wipe their slates clean. A tragic turn of events quickly finds Julie, Linc and Pete working to clear their names.

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Critics Consensus

The Mod Squad aims for stylish cool and thrilling adventure, but collapses in an incoherent jumble of dated source material and unintentional hilarity.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Mar 21, 2017

There are only two possible reactions to the film version of The Mod Squad: Either you hate it or you really hate it.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Mar 21, 2017

1/4

Whatever countercultural kick the original Mod Squad had going for it, it has long since faded like a favorite pair of blue jeans, the kind you remember fondly but wouldn't dream of wearing again.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Mar 21, 2017

The film's resolute failure is clearly a group effort requiring not just an awful script and flat-footed direction, but also terrible acting, an intrusive and derivative score, and a plot that seems to have been lifted from an unproduced Baretta teleplay.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Feb 22, 2024

2/4

...a reasonable-enough premise that’s employed to mostly underwhelming and uninvolving effect by Silver...

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Gary Wolcott

Tri-City Herald

Jul 13, 2023

D

The Mod Squad wasn't that interesting in the '60s, and nothing has changed in the '90s.

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Leah Rozen

People Magazine

Mar 21, 2017

Bad trip. Bites. Whack. Whatever your era and whatever your slang, this new movie version of TV's The Mod Squad stinks.

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Caleb K

@CalebTheMovieWatcher729 Oct 29, 2026

For this movie to have worked the interpersonal relationships and the dynamics between the three protagonists really needed to sell and they simply didn’t not. I’m not sure if it was due to poor acting, bad writing or a mixture of both. Although Claire Danes’ and Omar Epps’ acting and character portrayals are decent, Giovanni Ribisi‘s character is either unbearably annoying, a one-dimensional, a**hole, or hella horny, and sometimes all of the above. Furthermore, the story is cliche and not particularly interesting or engaging leaving this movie to be an overall extremely boring and unenjoyable experience. It also becomes somewhat hard to follow in the second half. I had to read the Wikipedia plot synopsis before writing this review to make sure I was understanding everything correctly. Two positives I can think of are that the musical score for this film was actually quite good and there was a funny running joke about Pete constantly destroying Linc’s car.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 24, 2026

The Mod Squad = a *1* star Movie!

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Michael S

@mstrocko May 3, 2024

It's not just that the film does very little with its source material. It's that the film is so lazy with its plot, acting, and pretty much everything else.

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Mark B

@Mbindon Aug 8, 2023

No words how bad this is.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Feb 8, 2023

Danes and Epps are solid and almost make it work but Ribisi's character is so obnoxious, so over the top he drags the entire thing down.

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Dec 31, 2018

Dumb movie that I'll forget about in 10 seconds.

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Synopsis

Julie (Claire Danes) is on her way to jail for assault. Arsonist Linc (Omar Epps) is looking at serious prison time. And Pete (Giovanni Ribisi) is about to be sent away for robbery. Unexpectedly, a Los Angeles police captain named Adam Greer (Dennis Farina) makes them a deal: If they agree to work as an undercover unit investigating drug dealers who prey on teens, Greer will wipe their slates clean. A tragic turn of events quickly finds Julie, Linc and Pete working to clear their names.

Director: Scott Silver
Producer: Tony Ludwig, Ben Myron, Alan Riche
Screenwriter: Buddy Ruskin, Stephen Kay, Scott Silver, Kate Lanier, BC Smith
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.3M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: DTS

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