Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Martin Short | ... | Proctor | |
Danny Glover | ... | Campanella | |
Sheila Kelley | ... | Valerie | |
Sam Wanamaker | ... | Highsmith | |
Scott Wilson | ... | Grimes | |
Harry Shearer | ... | Monosoff | |
Jorge Russek | ... | Inspector Segura | |
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Rodrigo Puebla | ... | Fernando |
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John H. Brennan | ... | Tyler |
Jorge Luke | ... | Pilot | |
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Abel Woolrich | ... | Prisoner |
Patricia Gage | ... | Secretary | |
Ariane Pellicer | ... | Girl at Club | |
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Alexandra Vicencio | ... | Nurse |
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Sharlene Martin | ... | Nurse |
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl... Written by Luis Carvacho <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>
Hollywood should shy away from the inane types of remakes it tries to make out of some French films. This one in particular was based on "Le Chevre" by Francis Veber. French humor is not well understood once it's translated. The original film wasn't that great, to begin with. It's a mystery why Nadia Tass undertook to direct this film, at all. The screen play by Herbert Weingrod must have looked a lot funnier than what we see on the screen.
Martin Short, as a comedian, is very funny. He has not fared well in the movies. It could be his choices that have limited him, or just that he is completely hysterical in one medium and with the wrong guidance, he will be not as funny in films like this. The jokes in this movie are too tired.
Danny Glover, on the other hand, playing the straight man, to Mr. Short's funny one, fares better. The pairing of these two men sometimes work, but much of the time, even an experienced and talented actor of Mr. Glover's stature, falls flat.
Watch it at your own risk.