Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780790734774 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 079073477X Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: July 28, 1998 Running Time: 94 minutes Sales Rank: 28627 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1997
Amazon.com: Only die-hard Bill Murray fans will likely consider this movie for their home-video library, but it's not without its rewards. You can see why someone as comically astute as Murray would agree to play a dimwitted American who can't tell the difference between improvised theater and a real-life espionage plot. There's certainly plenty of potential for belly laughs, and Murray milks the opportunities like the old pro that he is. Here he plays an American tourist in London who thinks he's been recruited into a street-theater act called 'Theater of Life'; actually, he's stepped into a complicated spy scheme that plays like a cross between Hitchcock and the Marx Brothers. Joanne Whalley costars as the femme fatale who may or may not be a double agent, and along the way there's enough comical confusion to foil any number of idiotic villains. The movie stretches its one-joke premise to desperate extremes (Murray thinks he's in a play, so he's oblivious to genuine danger), and 95 minutes is more than enough time to exhaust the comedic possibilities. But, as always, Murray finds a way to mine gold from a few clever bits, and he cuts loose with some inspired lunacy during a climactic scene involving a hidden bomb and a troupe of dancing Cossacks. It's not Murray's finest hour, but give him credit for making the best out of a challenging situation. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Family Favorite
This movie has been my family's favorite for years, and when our video tape got worn out, we just had to get this movie on DVD!
Rating: - The Man Who Laughed Too Much!
I can't say enough about how funny this movie is. Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end. It's even funnier the more you watch it, because you pick up on things you didn't notice previously, I would definitely recommend this one! If you keep it in mind through out the movie that Bill Murray's character(Wally)really believes that everything going on around him is acting, and not real life, just even the most subtle things will make you laugh! One of my favorite movies ever!
Rating: - Great laugh
This movie is great! It's very funny, I laughed so hard it was simply therapeutic. Bill Murray is exceptional in this movie, he relishes the role of a clueless American in Europe. Hilarious!
Rating: - Good old comedy Bill Murray
I love this movie. It's just fun and funny. Great concept. It's a bit over the top and un-realistic... but it's a comedy so I don't mind.
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