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Writer (WGA):
Robert King (written by)
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Release Date:
6 May 1994 (USA) more
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It's a day he'll never forget... until tomorrow.
Plot:
A private eye who has amnesia must go to court about a kingpin's murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Best Character In The Film Was The Dog more (18 total)

Cast

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Dana Carvey ... Maurice L. Pogue

Valeria Golino ... Sarah Novak / Beth Holly

James Earl Jones ... John Dolby

Kevin Pollak ... Rosenheim

Michael Gambon ... Cornell

Michael Murphy ... Dr. Doover

Jayne Brook ... Paula

Vyto Ruginis ... Hendrix

Olivia d'Abo ... Judy
Angela Paton ... Shirley Pogue
Mark Bringleson ... Bodyguard #1

Christopher Meloni ... Bodyguard #2
Timothy Scott ... Stanley (as Tim Scott)
Gailard Sartain ... Judge Block

Robert Wisdom ... Mort
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107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Best Character In The Film Was The Dog, 23 July 2007
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Okay, But Not Memorable (Pun Intended) I didn't find this as humorous as I had hoped to find after Carvey's hit "Wayne World" farces. The high, in a dark humor-ish vein, was the dog in the film. The mutt who had a depth perception problem and kept running into things, was easily the best character in the movie.

The premise was fine: a private detective (Dana Carvey playing "Maurice Pogue") with short term memory loss, meaning the following day he keeps forgetting what happened the previous 24 hours. Add a femme fatale and some wild gangsters, and this film should have been hilarious....but it wasn't. The running gags with Pogue faking things all the time because of the memory problems is what became annoying.

Part of the problem might have been casting. Carvey looks like anything but a hard-boiled detective. Also, although I did laugh at some things, we have a modern-day comedy more needless sexual innuendos, sado-masochism offered and the like. Why? If you have a good comedian and a good story, you don't need that garbage. I think most Carvey fans were disappointed with this film.

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