Second Sight (1989)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Tom Schulman (written by) and
Patricia Resnick (written by)

Release Date:

3 November 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

He's in the detective biz with a psychic wiz!

Plot:

John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Mounted Fish | Sewer | Airplane | Nun

Cast

John Larroquette	...	Wills
Bronson Pinchot	...	Bobby
Bess Armstrong	...	Sister Elizabeth
Stuart Pankin	...	Preston Pickett Ph.D.
John Schuck	...	Manoogian
James Tolkan	...	Coolidge
William Prince	...	Cardinal O'Hara
Michael Lombard	...	Bishop O'Linn
Christine Estabrook	...	Priscilla Pickett
Marisol Massey	...	Maria
Adam LeFevre	...	Mike
Andrew Mutnick	...	Elmore
Ron Taylor	...	Carl
Mike Crossen	...	Cop Bloom Gallery
Suzanne Shepherd	...	Marilyn Bloom (as Suzanne Shephard)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Lorimar Film Entertainment

Trivia:

A clip from the TV series "Perfect Strangers" (1986) plays on the TV. In the clip, Larry Appleton is calling for "Balki." Bronson Pinchot, who stars in this film as Bobby, played Balki in "Perfect Strangers."

Goofs:

Continuity: Sister Elizabeth, Preston, and Bobby are able to leave the restaurant, get the to airport, purchase tickets to Pittsburgh, and board the plane, in the same time it takes the kidnappers to go from their apartment, into the hallway to their apartment.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Wills: [answering machine message] Hello, you've reached the Second Sight *psychic* detective agency. We know who you are and what you want, so, at the sound of the beep, hang up.

Movie Connections:

Features "Perfect Strangers" (1986)

Soundtrack:

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC

Still remains a favorite of mine.

Granted in 1989 there were not too many advances in special effects and the movie was indeed low budget, but there was always the underlining humor throughout the entire movie. Numberous funny one liners were delivered by John Larroquette were done so with just the right attitude and degree of seriousness to make the line that much funnier. I disagree with everyone who says that the movie was borish and unfunny, you must look deeper into the lines delivered then just the surface humor and slapstick. This movie to this day remains one of my all time favorites. If they ever released it on DVD I would be first in line to buy a copy.