The scene stealing Fiona Shaw and Stanley Tucci are guilty of grand theft acting and they are sentenced to hear laughter from the audience every time they appear. Who would think that supporting players could get away with this in light of the leads, Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid as the Blues who are secret agents up against Shaw. Quaid initially encounters Tucci as the mugger Muerte (don't you dare call him Morty!) who metaphorically gets knocked over by Acme products at every turn. The seductive vixen villlainess Shaw is hysterically over-the-top, and obviously having a blast, having gotten tons of laughs from me already as the girl's school mistress lusting after Tom Selleck in "Three Men and a Little Lady".
Yes, the plot is outlandish and at times even ridiculous, but it's a cartoon like caper comedy where the plot doesn't mean a thing because the pacing already has its swing. There are ton of delightfully funny moments that had me chortling in delight, and every time Tucci looses a tooth because of Muerte's own stupidity added more delight, as did his scene at the zoo ending up nearly naked in the alligator tank. I didn't find Tom Arnold and Park Overall at all necessary as the married couple they befriend begrudgingly early in the film, and would rather have had more of Shaw, Tucci and the idiotic American secret agents, some of whom have wacky speech impediments that add more fun silliness. Definitely a crowd pleasing popcorn movie aided by Turner and Quaid's breezy charm, and especially the featured players directed with style by the legendary Herbert Ross.
Yes, the plot is outlandish and at times even ridiculous, but it's a cartoon like caper comedy where the plot doesn't mean a thing because the pacing already has its swing. There are ton of delightfully funny moments that had me chortling in delight, and every time Tucci looses a tooth because of Muerte's own stupidity added more delight, as did his scene at the zoo ending up nearly naked in the alligator tank. I didn't find Tom Arnold and Park Overall at all necessary as the married couple they befriend begrudgingly early in the film, and would rather have had more of Shaw, Tucci and the idiotic American secret agents, some of whom have wacky speech impediments that add more fun silliness. Definitely a crowd pleasing popcorn movie aided by Turner and Quaid's breezy charm, and especially the featured players directed with style by the legendary Herbert Ross.