78 - The Master Of Disguise

Connection To I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER - Jennifer Esposito.

Thank God it was only 80 minutes... that is all I have to say, and while it doesn't plum the depths of Disaster Movie (there was less eye rolling here and I made it past 5 minutes without wanting to switch if off). The Master Of Disguise was mean't as a starring vehicle for Dana Carvey, and it's a shame it's a rancid turd of a movie because I think he's a talented bloke.

The movie was likely designed to show off Carvey's skill of impressions (and voices) - and you can't deny he's good at that though his Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly like Eddie Murphy then a plot was just thrown together to try and tie it up, and Carvey plays Pistachio Disguisey, who doesn't realize he from a family that are masters of disguise  until Brent Spiner kidnaps his parents and then he finds out his heritage then it's basically a series of scenes of him doing impressions of famous people/characters/others including Quint from Jaws, Tony Montana (I should mention this is mean't to be a kids movie), Shrek (was it a nod or accidental) and George W. Bush, while his dad James Brolin as a number of celebs play him when he's in disguise including Bo Derek (more on her in a bit) and Jesse Ventura.

The love interest here as in all Happy Madison movies (I should have mentioned here) is a girl who's too good looking and has too nice of personality to fall for the main hero, in this film's case it's Jennifer Esposito, who is a good looking woman in my opinion. Spiner, as the villain though gets to have flatulence as one of his main characteristics, so yeah not his proudest cinematic moment...

The worst scene for me is when Pistachio misunderstanding and taking what the exclusive Turtle Club's name literally and acts as some part human/turtle, the scene is just so cringe-worthy.

Back to Bo Derek for some reason she was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress at the Razzies, this seems unfair she barely does anything (I am not a fan of that award ceremony anyway), so yeah I'm calling it out as crappy.

Overall, not funny, a series of scenes that if they had any humour would have just flown by but instead we're stuck with a crappy vehicle for somebody too talented for it.