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Summary: Dana coulda done better,
Review: Dana Carvey sails through this movie like the professional he is. Although that may be the problem. He has done comedy so much that it seems he's forgotten that amusing himself isn't always funny to other people around him. He delivers his impersonations with such a feverish joy that it saves the movie from becoming monotonous and sluggish. However, when he's not involved in a George W. Bush rib-tickler, the movie plods along like watching paint dry. Do't worry about plot buildup. There is none. Just do yourself a favor and skip around on the dvd until you get to bite into the juicy impersonations. Otherwise, you may feel like a lot of these other reviewers and want to pull your hair out the 4th time that Brent Spiner farts after laughing. The first time it was funny, but by the fourth time i was hopeing he'd lose control of his bowels.
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Summary: This movie is so bad... Don't waste money
Review: Oh boy this movie stinks so much. After two minutes you wish you could smack Dana Carvey so hard..... He is just so annyoing and THE DIALOGUES, they don't even make sense in anyway! You can only follow the plot (what plot?) by guessing what's happening. Turn your set mute it will save you a headache. The acting is way beyond worse and oh forget about it, I turned it off after 5 minutes because the movie was boring and annoying.... Watch it on tv.
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Summary: What ever happened to Chevy Chase?
Review: I'd rather eat liver than ever have to see the likes of this movie again. Remember when you'd sit there in the 70's wishing a really "not funny" SNL bit would end? Imagine knowing it won't end for at least another hour and there will not be a better skit next. Dana, you blew it. Even for kids this movie held no interest, mine (9, 12, and 14) left the room to play video games.
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Summary: Waste of Time
Review: This is the worse movie that I have seen. There is nothing funny about it. I am a Dana Carvey fan but watching this movie was a waste of time ... I suggest you take a nap instead.
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Summary: Aimed for a (much) younger audience
Review: This movie has two faces: that which is presented for adults, and that which is presented for children. As an adult movie, 'Master of Disguise' has no disguise; this movie ranks with 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' as one of the worst movies ever. The jokes are weak and childish. The plot is a stinker. Even the movie's weak attempts at insider jokes and satire are weak, at best. There is a brief scene that's supposed to be homage to 'The Exorcist,' and yet there is no humor in it. The 'Jaws' homage is likely the homage that works the best, and even it is weak. Adults will find this movie tedious and boring, and often obnoxious.Children, on the other hand, seem to love this movie. Apparently there is something about the humor that they get, and we do not. While I was bored with the turtle scene, as an example, children seem to find it hilarious. I admit, I've tried to understand the humor in this scene, and still do not understand it, but children seem to find it very funny. Let your child between the ages of about 4 or 5 years old and about 10 watch this movie and compare their reaction to yours. While I did not care for this movie, there were two actors that I thought performed well. Harold Gould as Grandfather Disguisey played the part just as I thought he should, and did the part well. Jennifer Esposito was excellent as Jennifer Baker, and several of her lines at least made me smile rather than groan. In many cases the puzzled, sometimes tolerant expression on her face matched my own. I believe Jennifer was able to rise above her role and the circumstances to provide the one shining point in this movie, at least for us adults. For adults, I rate this movie 2 stars. For children, I rate this movie 4 stars. Averaged out the movie gets three stars, but that's being generous for any viewer over the age of ten.
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Summary: Aimed for a (very) young audience
Review: This movie has two faces; that which is presented for adults, and that which is presented for children. As an adult movie, "Master of Disguise" has no disguise; this movie ranks with "Plan 9 from Outer Space" as one of the worst movies ever. The jokes are weak and childish. The plot is a stinker. Even the movie's weak attempts at insider jokes and satire are weak, at best. There is a brief scene that's supposed to be homage to "The Exorcist", and yet there is no humor in it. The "Jaws" homage is likely the homage that works the best, and even it is weak. Adults will find this movie tedious and boring, and often obnoxious. Children, on the other hand, seem to love this movie. Apparently there is something about the humor that they understand, and we do not. While I was bored with the turtle scene, as an example, children seem to find it hilarious. I've tried to understand the humor in this scene, and still do not understand it, but children seem to find it very funny. ... While I did not care for this movie, there were two actors that I thought performed well. Harold Gould as Grandfather Disguisey played the part just as I thought he should, and did the part well. Jennifer Esposito was excellent as Jennifer Baker, and several of her lines at least made me smile rather than groan. In many cases the puzzled, sometimes tolerant expression on her face matched my own. I believe Jennifer was able to rise above her role and the circumstances to provide the one shining point in this movie, at least for us adults. For adults, I rate this movie 2 stars. For children, I rate this movie 4 stars. Averaged out the movie gets three stars, but that's being generous for any viewer over the age of ten.
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Summary: Almost at the top of my movie meter.
Review: I watched this at a party with my friend. It was hysterical! We laughed more than a gazillion times. Dana Carvey was fit for the part of Pistachio Disguisey. And the crude humor was awesome man!But the only reason I am rating this movie four stars is because it needed some more pure action and adventure. If Revolution Studios is going to make a sequel (And I sure hope they do!) It has to has some more pure action and adventure! I know I'm dragging this down with all these complaints on one subject all a little too much. Bottom Line: It was a great movie! Keep the crude humor,keep Dana Carvey,keep the laughing out of your body disguises! Just put in some pure action and adventure PLEASE!
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Summary: Whose your daddy, block, block, slap, slap
Review: Dana Carvey at times is so funny it makes your sides hurt. Carvey humor surrealistically juxtaposes celebrities idealized as perfect acting as diabolically acting obnoxious or ridiculously. Jesse Ventura, WWF wrestler and governor, stealing the liberty bell; Michael Johnson, fastest man alive, stealing the constitution; Jessica Simpson, pop star, stealing a car; Bo Derk, running like in 10. The plot is nothing. Commander Data, Brent Spiner plays the villain who farts after every laugh has kidnapped Pistachio Disguisey's father and mother. Spiner black mails Pistachio father to use his skills as a master disguiser to steal precious artifacts. The mother is held as ransom in a delusional state by drugs in the carmel corn she snacks on. Pistachio is bewildered and about that time his grandfather appears. The film has a "Mr Deeds" quality where the butler appears to have all the super powers and Deeds the cunning. Pistachio receives training in disguise from his grandfather and is promoted to level 1.5 of 7000 levels. Pistachio trains against a wood dumby that hits back. Espinzo plays Pistachio's assistant and builds the foundation for a romanic comedy where the assistant falls for the master of the disguise, who is really strange. Using a cigar left and at the crime scene they visit an exclusive club where the cigars were created dressed as Turtle man and trace a route back the villainous Spiner mansion. Turtle man is hilerous. Num Nums and the assistant meet Spiner at a party and Espinzo is invited to his mansion. Carvey arrives as a Latino dancer with his assistant and she discovers his parent are being held hostage. Carver goes through a list of other disguises: Terry Sauve the British Lord, Cow Pie, A Fishing Captain, Num Nums, a Mrs Doubtfire character, and President Bush. "Whose your daddy, block, block, slap, slap"
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Summary: I Still Have Trouble Believing...
Review: *Holy cow* This is the universe's worst movie. I still have trouble believing that someone spent time and money to make it. I have trouble explaining even to myself why I sat all the way through it; all I can come up with is temporary insanity, or paralysis, or both. It may be a kids' movie, but in this case that's no excuse. It is so stupid, mindless, and devoid of anything resembling actual humor (or anything else that's good in the world, for that matter), that even kids will lose IQ points as they watch it. And don't tell me there's nothing else for your kids to watch. Get "The Rescuers," or "Winnie-the-Pooh," for crying out loud! There is a lot of great entertainment for people of all ages out there, enough that no one should ever need to watch this film. It is not fit for human beings to view. The only creature I know of who could be entertained by this movie is my dog, who will eat anything.
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Summary: Detestable...
Review: If "The Master of Disguise" isn't the worst children's comedy I've ever seen, then I don't know what is. Not since "Not Another Teen Movie" have I yearned for coherency and flow so much. The film's humor isn't offensive, but it may as well be. "The Master of Disguise" is so devoid of laughs that it hurts trying to pretend it's a comedy. For the record, Dana Carvey is funny. There are even parts in this film where he is funny, but these are in short spurts and come off as only hints to just how much of a laugh riot he can be. In other words, his talent is wasted. I can't really describe the plot, because it was too simple and insipid to really understand. No two scenes make any sense or have any continuity with each other. Many of them have Carvey speaking in a ridiculously annoying voice. The main character in this film makes Jar Jar Binks look like Hamlet by comparison. Brent Spiner looks embarrassed to be the bad guy in this film. I hope he was paid a lot, because this role was the worst possible character he could have ever played. I wish they got someone else to do it, because Spiner's reputation is tarnished with this movie. I know a few children that like this movie, but I just don't understand why. Sure it has a PG rating, but this is because the film's "obsene" humor never rises above fart jokes. Speaking of which, never before in any movie has a fart noise seemed so unfunny and so desperate for a laugh. Seriously, bathroom humor is easy to make funny. This movie goes out of its way to make it unfunny. I'm probably wasting my time here, but it's just because I can't bear the thought of one more person seeing this movie. Please, stay as far from this crud as you can. There is nothing of interest. Watching a chicken dinner for 90 minutes is a better use of your time. Stay away. Very far away.
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