| THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH Rating: Zero Stars Director: Ron Underwood Producers: Martin Bregman, Michael Bregman Writer: Neil Cuthbert Director of Photography: Oliver Wood Cast: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr Visit the IMDB page for full cast and crew |
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Review by: Curtis
Raines
8/17/02
Remember the days when acid washed jeans were cool, the Rubik's Cube was a perfect stocking stuffer and Eddie Murphy was actually funny? Well, those days are long gone my friends.
I would love to know whom the producers of The Adventures of Pluto Nash envisioned as the target audience for this movie. I can't imagine anyone with a pulse thinking this film is funny. They probably figured the millions... okay, maybe I overshot...thousands... well, that may be stretching it too... alright, TENS of Eddie Murphy fans out there would stay loyal and fork over the nine bucks to see it. But I don't think even Murphy's mom, herself, would pay to see this.
In the latest Eddie Murphy disaster, he stars as a legendary ex-smuggler turned nightclub owner named Pluto Nash. Pluto, accompanied by his newly hired waitress, Dina Lake (Rosario Dawson), and his long time servant robot, Bruno (Randy Quaid), finds himself running from a big time gambling crook. The Adventures of Pluto Nash takes place on the moon 80 years into the future. My question to this: why couldn't the release date have been pushed 80 years into the future? So, of course, we get to see the standard laser gun (or fifty), and the novel moon car that hovers above the surface -- all the ingredients for a perfectly awful film.
Wait, wait, wait. I know after reading that summary, you're just itching to see it, but please finish reading the review first. It might change your mind and save you some money.
I seriously can not think of one redeeming quality about this film. The only time I laughed is when Burt Young (Adrian's brother from the Rocky movies) surprised me with a cameo. I admit -- I chuckled at that. But here's an example of just how predictable and infantile the humor in this movie is: I guess the writer and director (Neil Cuthbert and Ron Underwood respectively) decided it would be comical to make all the robots in the movie talk with that annoying "robot voice." You know, the voice that sounds like it's coming from an antiquated answering machine. I've never understood why robots in movies can look and move exactly like humans, yet those same scientists who build these robots aren't intelligent enough to create their voices without including that mechanical twang. NOTE TO ALL DIRECTORS: ROBOT VOICES ARE NOT FUNNY, SO STOP USING THEM... IMMEDIATELY.
What's so staggering about this film is that the cast is filled with people whose work I usually enjoy. Joe Pantoliano (Midnight Run, Memento) is great in almost every movie he's in. Rosario Dawson broke through as an actress to be taken seriously in Sidewalks of New York. Finally, Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights, Traffic, and Magnolia) is always solid in his supporting roles. For the life of me, I can't fathom why they would agree to be in this movie. They can't be hurting for money that badly.
There is no point in wasting any more
of our precious time discussing this crap. In fact, I'm officially
putting a moratorium on this film. Never again will I mention
or even remotely consider The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
That is, at least, until my "ten worst movies of the year"
list comes out.
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