Pleasant entertaining low-budget comedy is Frog (the sequel was Frogs). Arlo Anderson (Scott Grimes) reminds me of the guy in 'Just One of the Guys' who was always carrying around various reptiles at school. Arlo is a real creature enthusiast and it seems, has struck upon a pretty remarkable discovery: a singing bullfrog named Gus (Paul Williams).
Arlo has trouble talking to girls because they can't really seem to get interested in anyone with such a fascination in 'icky' creatures like Arlo. But, Gus is a suave Frog (a fairytale creature being that he is a prince that was turned into a frog), who is going to be Arlo's Cyrano de Bergnac and coach him on the just the right things to say to girls. Although, even with the best advice, Arlo can't always pull things off quite right. If Arlo can find a girl to trust him, then he can also help Gus turn back into a prince. Yes, it's a corny fairytale type of story, but there was just something very sweet about it. This is a movie for you nostalgic romantics. Arlo's got to build up his self-esteem and girls have to really find out that he's not the weirdo he seems. That Arlo really is just a nice guy.
Shelly Duvall, who did a lot of work in low budget family films by this point, plays Arlo's mom. She also shares credit as executive producer. Elliot Gould plays Arlo's clueless, but well-meaning dad.
Worth watching if you can spare an hour.
Arlo has trouble talking to girls because they can't really seem to get interested in anyone with such a fascination in 'icky' creatures like Arlo. But, Gus is a suave Frog (a fairytale creature being that he is a prince that was turned into a frog), who is going to be Arlo's Cyrano de Bergnac and coach him on the just the right things to say to girls. Although, even with the best advice, Arlo can't always pull things off quite right. If Arlo can find a girl to trust him, then he can also help Gus turn back into a prince. Yes, it's a corny fairytale type of story, but there was just something very sweet about it. This is a movie for you nostalgic romantics. Arlo's got to build up his self-esteem and girls have to really find out that he's not the weirdo he seems. That Arlo really is just a nice guy.
Shelly Duvall, who did a lot of work in low budget family films by this point, plays Arlo's mom. She also shares credit as executive producer. Elliot Gould plays Arlo's clueless, but well-meaning dad.
Worth watching if you can spare an hour.