To fans of both Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, this movie promised to be the pinnacle of comedy entertainment, and fell short. Although both actors are very funny in the film, they're rarely funny together.
Despite what the previews allow you to believe, Murphy spends much more time in the movie playing Kit Ramsey (the actor) than Jiff Ramsey (the oafish brother). This is good in many respects. I found Kit, who is on the verge of breakdown, much funnier than his simpleton substitute. However, since the whole movie is about Bobby Bowfinger's inability to get Kit in his film without covert filming, this denies any opportunity for those two characters to meet. As for scenes with Bowfinger and Jiff, you'll probably find the scenes with Daisy (Heater Graham) funnier, even without the added sex appeal.
The movie is still extremely funny, especially if you enjoy the occasional silly humor. The entire cast, not just the two poster-boys, set up hilarious situation after hilarious situation.
Low point: the second-to-last scene with the Fed-Ex delivery. It seemed to set up for a joke that never came; the humor was apparently supposed to be in the over-dramatization. I'll never know how much Fed-Ex paid the filmmakers, but I had never been so put-off by movie commercialism since Bond turned down Aston-Martin for BMW.
High point: the final scene. If you enjoy a little silliness to go with your movie, then this should redeem most of the low-points.
Overall, this movie is more like watching two screens, one with a Steve Martin movie and one with Eddie Murphy. But both movies will be hilarious. (7/10)
Despite what the previews allow you to believe, Murphy spends much more time in the movie playing Kit Ramsey (the actor) than Jiff Ramsey (the oafish brother). This is good in many respects. I found Kit, who is on the verge of breakdown, much funnier than his simpleton substitute. However, since the whole movie is about Bobby Bowfinger's inability to get Kit in his film without covert filming, this denies any opportunity for those two characters to meet. As for scenes with Bowfinger and Jiff, you'll probably find the scenes with Daisy (Heater Graham) funnier, even without the added sex appeal.
The movie is still extremely funny, especially if you enjoy the occasional silly humor. The entire cast, not just the two poster-boys, set up hilarious situation after hilarious situation.
Low point: the second-to-last scene with the Fed-Ex delivery. It seemed to set up for a joke that never came; the humor was apparently supposed to be in the over-dramatization. I'll never know how much Fed-Ex paid the filmmakers, but I had never been so put-off by movie commercialism since Bond turned down Aston-Martin for BMW.
High point: the final scene. If you enjoy a little silliness to go with your movie, then this should redeem most of the low-points.
Overall, this movie is more like watching two screens, one with a Steve Martin movie and one with Eddie Murphy. But both movies will be hilarious. (7/10)