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Nice concept, great cast, extremely weak writing
I had reasonably high hopes for this movie, given the subject matter and cast (as well as some of the glowing reviews here, with which I must strongly disagree). The main problem with this movie is that this is VERY poorly written. The writer seems to know very little about business or much of anything else; it seems that this is someone who's entire outlook on life is derived from the insular Hollywood view. Not only are the cliched Hollywood liberal assertions way off the mark, but the plot development has some major gaps. What does the initial laboratory sex scene have to do with anything? What role does Jane Seymour actually play, other than showing up in lingerie? What was that violent racquetball game all about? There's a big protest over a plant due to be shut down, but what does the plant actually produce? How does Judge Reinhold's "love interest" happen to find him (why was she there?) and how does she know where to take him? Why does Reinhold keep the money rather than handing it back to the company or Latin Americans? And what happens to that little guy (Rabinowitz) after he gets fired? Naturally the writer dishes out the usual Hollywood liberal biases against business, Christians, pro-lifers, the military, WASPs, Germans, etc. but there are such huge holes in the story that it's the weakness of the writing that becomes laughable rather than the intended targets of "fun".
There are a few mildly funny moments, but none are what I'd call "hilarious". And too many dark moments, such as various business characters jumping out windows, hanging themselves, etc. Not what I'd expected or hoped for, and as I said, the writer has no real insight into business; probably never worked anywhere other than in Hollywood. And as far as the cast, they do a nice job, but a lot of the "headliners" have very minor roles. Danny DeVito, Rick Moranis, Jane Seymour, Don King, and Brian Doyle-Murray all have essentially "cameo" roles, very little on screen air time. The great Don Novello (aka Guido Sarducci) is essentially wasted in a minor role as a limo driver. Judge Reinhold is reasonably good, Eddie Albert is quite good, Richard Masur is passable as is Lori-Nan Engler; those are the people actually getting the airtime in this movie, NOT DeVito, Moranis, and Seymour (who were actually 3 of the 4 listed on the front of the DVD along with Reinhold). There's a reason it took until this year to release this 20 year old movie on DVD, it's just not very good. It's as if the writer had a decent rough idea for the movie, but couldn't work out the details. Plus the "stars" listed are often barely in this movie. But I've seen worse films, so this gets 2 stars.
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A corporate cult film,you will see many of your coworkers in this verry funny film.Unfotunately it is not all that far from true. FRANK
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I was so happy to see this came out on DVD, finally. This is a longtime favorite movie of mine. I love to share it with friends who have never seen it; they invariably enjoy it as much if not more than me. Believe it or not, it's a great "date movie" to cuddle up with....there are enough plot twists to make the story, at one time or another, enjoyable for just about everyone, and yet nobody will be turned off by them. This movie is great fun....enjoy!!!! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Mark Harmon - Madeleine Stowe Director(s): Will Mackenzie DVD Release Date: Released the 07 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Despite the presence of hack director Arthur Hiller, this hybrid comedy-thriller works most of the time as pleasant faux Hitchcock. Gene Wilder is a book editor who is relaxing by taking a cross-country train ride. Then he gets caught up in a murder--and becomes a suspect. It's up to him to prove his own innocence. As noted, the script, by Colin Higgins, owes a big debt to Alfred Hitchcock; but the mystery isn't all that mysterious and the comedy isn't all that hilarious--at least not until Richard Pryor shows up, which is at least halfway through the film. Things definitely pick up from there. Jill Clayburgh, as the love interest, is merely along for the train ride. Wilder and Pryor eventually teamed up for several other films, but they were never as funny together as they are in this... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Wilder - Richard Pryor Director(s): Arthur Hiller DVD Release Date: Released the 14 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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