Review of Foul Play

Foul Play (1978)
7/10
Chevy Chase's First Movie with Goldie Hawn
2 December 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Best watched with other Goldie Hawn performances, such as "Cactus Flower", "Seems Like Old Times", "Protocol", and "Death Becomes You". Goldie has starred in many enjoyable films over the years. You can't argue that, especially when young, she had "it" all. A photogenic face and a cute, petite, figure. Chevy Chase by comparison, is not always that funny, but his earlier movies were fun and his later "vacation" movies were as well. Sometimes a great cast makes a minor movie like this worth your time: Charles Grodin, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Billy Barty, and others. It's a spoof of the Hitchcock thriller "The Wrong Man". The plot devise, assassinating the pope, is a bit ludicrous, but not as bad as when used in that "Naked Gun" film. It's a funny movie, as long as you don't have great expectations for it. It's like the early Barbra Streisand comedies, It's homage to "Film Noir" and 1940's "screwball" comedies.
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