I used to work in a move theater in high school when this movie came out. My coworkers and I would go sit in this movie once we got off work and make fun of it, ala Mystery Science Theater 3000. No one was in the theater, so we weren't bothering anyone. This movie always reminds me of those days, even as bad as it is.
Dudley Moore is badly miscast in this movie. He has no energy and no chemistry with either Cate Capshaw or Helen Shaver. Eddie Murphy is fun, but he is just riffing and not really creating a character. You can tell he was told to ad lib his lines. The real surprise is David Rasche. He is absolutely hilarious as the oddball Soviet spy. He is the only redeeming thing (aside from a few quips by Murphy) that keeps this movie afloat.
From the very first day I saw the movie, the timeline always bothered me. Dudley Moore is working on the Dypgyro in 1981, but Murphy is supposed to be suing the tank in 1983. If Moore fixed the issues with it in 1981, why is still giving Murphy issues in 1983. It was many years later when I found out they did re-shoots and added Murphy's scenes in later. I can only imagine what putrid mess they removed when they re-edited it.
Dudley Moore is badly miscast in this movie. He has no energy and no chemistry with either Cate Capshaw or Helen Shaver. Eddie Murphy is fun, but he is just riffing and not really creating a character. You can tell he was told to ad lib his lines. The real surprise is David Rasche. He is absolutely hilarious as the oddball Soviet spy. He is the only redeeming thing (aside from a few quips by Murphy) that keeps this movie afloat.
From the very first day I saw the movie, the timeline always bothered me. Dudley Moore is working on the Dypgyro in 1981, but Murphy is supposed to be suing the tank in 1983. If Moore fixed the issues with it in 1981, why is still giving Murphy issues in 1983. It was many years later when I found out they did re-shoots and added Murphy's scenes in later. I can only imagine what putrid mess they removed when they re-edited it.