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Summary: funniezt movie eva
Review: thiz right here iz prolly gonna b the funniest movie eva, ive seen the previewz and i die laughing everytime! so i can already tell that it iz gonna b an awzome movie,i give it 5 starz along wit 2 thumbz up
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Summary: The Good Outweighs The Bad
Review: Yes, there are some scenes that are just plain stupid, I can't deny it. But, there are others that more than make up for the bad. During the credits, you'll probably find yourself wearing a grin, and that's a good thing.P.S. If you're the kind of person that takes that extra minute to click on the question, "Was this review helpful?" remember not to click on "No" only because the review was negative. Don't you want reviewers to be truthful? Doesn't it help if someone warns you ahead of time? I ask these questions because I have noticed that negaitve reviews NEVER get any positive feedback - never do you see a negative review with a rating like, "22 out of 28 people found this review helpful." I have chalked it up to human nature and people only wanting to read positive reviews. That's not right - it just means (as Jack Nicholson said in 'A Few Good Men') "You can't handle the truth."
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Summary: Just a Bad Movie!
Review: "The Master of Disguise" is a terrible, terrible, movie. I don't see how this movie can appeal to anybody, including children to whom this movie is aimed at. I hated it. There was no point for it to be released in the movies, and it could have been a direct to video movie, and it wouldn't have ever made a difference. it is only about 65 minutes long, with a good 15 minutes worth of credits that just have outtakes and deleted scenes. Without the credits, this could be one of the shortest movies ever made, the lenght of the silent movies back in 1910. The biggest problem with "The Master of Disguise" is that it doesn't work on any level. The story is just plain dumb, the acting is horrible, and the movie is filled with A list actors, none of them which would make me want to put them back on the A list. I used to think Dana Carvey was funny before this movie came out. I have only given four other movies one star. "The Sum of All Fears," "Bridjet Jone's Diary," "A Mighty Wind," and "House of the Dead." For this to be among those movies must be badd. I probably laughed twice during this movie, and even those jokes were things that I wouldn't laugh at again. The story is about Pistachio Disguisey who is a young man who works as a waiter at his parents Italian resturant. He lives with his father Frabbrizio and his mother, who he one days wishes to marry a women just like her. That women is Sophia, who reminds him just of her. What Pistachio doesn't know is that his father and his grandfather and all of his ancesters are masters of disguises. They could transform into anything they want to. His father foiled the plans of Devlin Bowman years ago, and now he's back from prision for revenge. He kidnaps Pistachio's parents, and uses the father to disguise himself as famous people to steal famous things, and he uses the mother to cook. Pistachio becomes scared because he doesn't know what to do, and he gets a visit from his grandfather who begins to train him to become a master of disguise. Grandpa tells Pistachio that he needs a person to help him, and he uses Jennifer, who needs the work. Jennifer and Pistachio go to rescue his parents from Devlin Bowman, which forces him to use many different disguises to do so. Yes, I know, the plot could sound appealing for people, including kids, but the movie is nothing but boring. It was just a terrible movie. There was one scene, in the commericals part of it is shown, where Pistachio is dressed up as a turtle. The kids in the theatre knew the scene from the commericals, but nobody laughed at it. It may have sounded funny in the commerical, but in the moving itself, it just didn't work. It was a stupid reason to show a joke like that, and the scene contains him biting off a person's nose. That was just plain stupid. Nobody laughed at that either. "The Master of Disguise" is a good movie to watch if you want to be bored, and you want to cut your arm off so you can have something to throw around as something to do. I didn't like it, but you might. ENJOY! Rated PG for mild language and some crude humor.
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Summary: Painful To Watch; See "Opportunity Knocks" Instead
Review: "Master of Disguise" features ex-Waynes World and SNL member Dana Carvey as an Italian waiter Pistachio Disguisey, whose families have long been protected the world from evil using the art of disguise. Pistachio himself is not aware of this family secret until one day his father and mother are kidnapped by a megalomaniac villain Devlin Bowman. The story above is nothing but an excuse for showcasing the impersonations by Dana Carvey. He disguises himself as George W Bush, Al Pacino (Latin version), and a cherry pie. Surely some of them are funny at first, but many adult fans soon find him irritating or even pathetic. The reason is that you cannot make movies in this way. The film is only 80 minuites, and that includes very extended end credits including deleted scenes and outtakes. This fact betrays that the film is too thin in contents, but they should have known that from the first. Of course, kids might think it is funny (and it is notable that the film collected more than $40 million in USA alone, which is a considerable figure). But think this way. The opening scene of the film has Bo Derek (yes, that's her!) as a cameo. I don't think that kids would get it (not many of them recognize her). SO, for whom is this film made? Carvey impersonating Robert Shaw (from "Jaws") is certainly funny, and he is good at it even though the gag would fly over the head of the kids, who would rather prefer "Turtle Guy." And many adults in turn would find it very ... boring. The film is based on a misguided idea -- impersonation, which means playing someone else. Dana Carvey should have found his own voice first. Like Mike Meyers who found in Austin Powers; like Harrison Ford in Solo and Indie; like Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Angels and dangling hair-gel. Without a good character you cannot sustain the whole 80 minutes and the audiences' attention. Impersonation is alright as long as you do it in your own way. Now see TV shows, and many non-professionals do pretty good impersonations. But Mike Meyers created Austin and Dr.Evil which none of them could not produce. You see supporting cast such as Brent Spiner (Data of "Star Trek") and Jennifer Esposito. They are sadly wasted, both in a very embarrassingly underwritten role. And the cameos like Jesse Ventura, Paula Abdul, and Jessica Simpson do not help at all. I know Dana Carvey underwent several surgeries in the past several years before making this film. I know my review would sound harsh, but you cannot send a wrong message, saying that this is very funny. It is not. His fans should see his earlier film "Opportunity Knocks" he made about ten years ago, instead. That is not a masterpice, but far better and enjoyable.
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Summary: master of the garbage dump
Review: That's how I felt 10 minutes into the movie. I have two words for Dana Carvey - Extensive Therapy. This movie had the potential of being a cute spy spoof like Johnny English, but Dana Carvey's hatred of all things funny destroyed it...just killed it dead. My husband says I need to see it again to "get" the humor...the very thought of having to sit through that again...*blink shudder suddenly go very cold* DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR PRECIOUS SECONDS OF LIFE ON THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: Master of improv, but over and over?
Review: Now Dana Carvey is widely respected for his comedy, at least in certain circles. Yes, he is a funny man. However, his humor maybe limited to sketches, although many thought that Wayne's World was funny (no comment.)
This movie was about a more or less dumb kid, Carvey's character, of an Italian family that have been Master of Disguise's for years. However, the dad of Carvey's character wanted to protect his son, so he protected his son from the family's dangerous legacy. Yet when his parents are kidnapped Carvey, his grandfather, and a recently hired assitee have to help Carvey become his destiny.
Now what this movie does is let Dana Carvey do a lot of impersonations. What this movie does not do is develop a good enough plot to keep those impersonations in a good flow. A few lines are funny like "turtle, turtle" but overall the humor is just lacking or mindless or both.
Carvey could have done a really good movie with all of his talents, but this is not it.
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Summary: What a let down.
Review: "The Master of Disguise" by Dana Carvey was a BIG disappointment. I didn't want to give it even one star but you can't post a rating without giving a rating of at least one star. I bought the DVD but I feel I wasted my money. I was a big fan of Carvey's Saturday Night Live days but this movie stinks. It just seems as if he tried to stretch out one of his SNL skits to feature length (but didn't quite make it because the movie is only 1hr and 20 minutes. I think Carvey was hoping to trade on his SNL fame to sell the movie and didn't put much effort into the writing and was siting on his laurels. He is talented performer but his talent doesn't extent itself to writing movies.
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Summary: A disaster I despise
Review: [...]I have to agree with one of these other reviewers about the fact that this is an Austin Powers knock-off. All the disguising is stupid like when James Brolin is Jessica Simpson and Michael Johnson. Geeze! And Dana Carvey did a horrible Tony Montana impersonation. And the female lead wasn't that attractive. Horrible movie and the people who decided to make this are the ones who should get dummy slapped. I have nothing more to say!
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Summary: One star is one star too many.
Review: After watching this movie with our son, my husband and I entered a debate regarding Dana Carvey's health prior to making this film. My sweet, forgiving husband swears Carvey, lead-actor and writer on this production, suffered from some kind of brain affliction not too long ago thereby making the headache-inducing Master of Disguise an excusable repercussion of severe head trauma. There are a few moments throughout the film that warrant small chuckles. Unfortunately, these are completely ruined by the movies redundancy. Anything even remotely funny gets repeated so often by the time the audience reaches the brain-numbing conclusion that one begins to feel ashamed for laughing at the gag the first time around. I suppose, to sum it up in a way that is universal enough for everyone to clearly understand, I'd have to say that Master of Disguise is to PG-rated movies as Gigli is to R-rated movies. I know my review can't save everyone from making the same terrible mistake I did when I sat down with the family in front of the television. But, if I can rescue just one person from the same sorry fate I had to endure for 80 eternity-seeming minutes of "Turtle, Turtle," and Brent Spiner's predictable post-laughter flatulence, I'll die a happy critic.
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Summary: Worst Ever
Review: Absolutely the worst film ever made. What were they thinking? Not funny, not well acted, insanely cast, tedious, slow -- actually painful to watch. Avoid this film at all costs! This isn't even funny as a BAD movie. I can't even look at Carvy anymore after watching this!
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