Lost & Found (1999/I)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jeff Pollack

Writers (WGA):

J.B. Cook (written by) &
Marc Meeks (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy about a guy who would do anything to get the girl of his dreams - and did!

Plot:

In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero. Unfortunately, things do not work out as planned.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Neighbor | Dognapping | Deception | Apartment

Cast

David Spade	...	Dylan Ramsey
Ever Carradine	...	Ginger
Stephanie Chang	...	Restaurant Patron #2
Neal MacMillan	...	Restaurant Patron #1
Turtle	...	Turtle
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Mark
Lloyd Garroway	...	Waiter
Artie Lange	...	Wally
Coby	...	Jack
Sophie Marceau	...	Lila Dubois
Carole Cook	...	Sylvia
Estelle Harris	...	Mrs. Stubblefield
Marla Gibbs	...	Enid
Rose Marie	...	Clara
Natalie Barish	...	Mrs. Elderly Couple

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 (video premiere) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36306) | Greece:K | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

291 Bayshore Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

Phil Leeds' last role.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dylan and Ginger break into the club ("a little B & E"), the door is clearly marked PULL, but they push the door to gain entrance.

Quotes:

Dylan: Remember what I said about conquering your fears up here? I was wrong. This place would scare me shitless! Look at all those seats!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Old Yeller (1957)

Soundtrack:

I'm a Believer

Unoriginal predictable Hollywood plot, and yet I laughed

Lost and Found: boy meets girl, boy wants girl, boy kidnaps girl's dog to get close to her, but cheating ex-fiance who wants girl back is determined to foil boy. Amazingly enough this is the actual plot (there is a sub-plot involving a struggling restaurant and a lost ring…). This movie is pure Hollywood formula, with very little originality and several noticeable lulls. What is even more amazing is that this movie is actually funny.

In his first solo film outing David Spade does not ask us to make a big leap of faith -Dylan Ramses could have been any character from his SNL days, or Dennis from Just Shoot Me. This translates into some snappy, sarcastic, and funny dialogue. Sophia Marceau as Lila Dubois is gorgeous and vulnerable when she needs to be - exactly what is expected of her. Jon Lovitz also adds a few laughs as a vet with special talents.

If you are in for some light humor, without violence, coarse language and nudity (okay, one male behind) this movie may be for you. But hold off until Tuesday night, or better yet, wait the three weeks it will take to move to the second run theaters (of course there's always video).