You gotta love the originality and smarts to this movie. Just watching it again, last night (God knows the last time I saw this film, it was yonks) he had me bringing up the question, "What the hell happened to Martin Short?". He wasn't a bad actor, and deserved more roles. This film, incidentally, if you didn't know, was made from the people who made Malcolm. This is their first film, venturing out of Australia, yet somethings gone afoul here, when judged against their last three films, which I all enjoyed. They were all good films, and I'll let you in on a little secret, I did like this one the best, but as a film, it just fell into average fare, and as a comedy, I would of found it funnier, when I viewed it all those years ago, and I too clearly remember being impressed by the makers of it, if a little envious. The plot is pure genius. This consistently accident prone daughter is kidnapped while holidaying on the French riviera. No ransom, no note. A month has passed where this super detective (Glover) has got nowhere. His only option at the advice of the daughter's dad (Wanamaker) and a psychiatrist, is to use a accident prone sales assistant (Short) of equal misfortune, to lead, or more correctly let em' stumble onto the daughter's whereabouts. Glover and Short do make a wonderful team, and some of the gags are truly memorable, trust me, no more greater than the bee sting that gets out of control and Turns Short into Blubberman, while the ending is classic, and genius, not the only genius moment. I must of really enjoyed the film, cause it passed quick, yet again it's just average, as if running short of something. Some gags won't rub off of people. Summed up, it's a cute little film, like it's actress Kelly. The ending is a match made in Heaven, literally, if they die first. Ha.
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