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Summary: Waste of time and money!
Review: Utterly awful! I went to see this thing that is not even worthy of the title of "movie" yesterday... Dana Carvey is obviously a gifted actor with some true talent, but the script and plot is so ridiculously stupid that it amazes me. The humor was crass and extremely predictable at best, the secondary acting roles were poor, and the audience response was virtually nonexistant. Maybe if you're a ten year old boy this might have been slightly entertaining. The people that decided to release this film nationally had to have been [crazy]. Don't waste your time!
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Summary: Can't Disguise This Dud.....
Review: Dana Carvey is gone for all these years, and his comeback is this grade-z stinker? It seems like a made-for-Nickelodeon TV Movie, and a bad one at that. Carvey plays Pistachio Disguisey, the latest in a long line of Masters of Disguise. Except he's an idiot. (This sounds WAY too much like Inspector Gadget. The cartoon. Which is funnier, by the way.....) His parents (The intolerable James Brolin and the loathsome Edie McClurg) are kidnapped, and his grandfather must teach him the Disguisey secrets to get them back. The movie is really short. It just SEEMS like it's 4 hours long. And why make a movie for kids, and fill it with long segments riffing on Scarface, Jaws, The Exorcist, and a million other things they won't get? (I got them, but I didn't laugh....) The interminably long outtakes seem to hint that there were whole scenes that were cut out, so I should be thankful for that; It could have been even worse. Somewhere, Mike Myers is laughing.......
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Summary: HILARIOUS!
Review: This was one of the most hilarious movies I ever saw. First of all everytime Bulman Laughs really hard he f**ts.
(he lets the big one at the end) Second, the fisherman referrs to the movie "Jaws" Third, it shows a crazy flip book at the beginning Pistachio referrs to "Shrek" Also he calls the snake he played the flute for "Buttercup"
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Summary: Great for 11 year olds
Review: Although I found this movie to be insufferable, my kids, ages 9 and 11 really enjoyed it. The plot was so tired it is hardly worth going into but, unlike the Austin Powers movies, it was appropriate for pre-teens. There was no swearing, but there were flatulance jokes; who could ask for anything more? (Alright, a decent plot would be nice.)
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Summary: supremely bad comedy
Review: "The Master of Disguise" raises - and indeed answers - the question of whether or not it is possible for a movie that bills itself as a "comedy" to run from beginning to end without offering a single funny moment. (The answer, by the way, is, yes, it can be done). Thus, while his "Wayne's World" partner, Mike Myers, is out there making both a fortune and an indelible impression on pop culture with his "Austin Powers" franchise, poor Dana Carvey is reduced to appearing in disastrous vehicles like this one. Now don't get me wrong. I love Carvey's work on "Saturday Night Live," especially his impersonations of many of the major political figures of our time. However, Carvey's manic, over-the-top style is, apparently, a whole lot easier to take in small doses. Watching him mug, cavort and pratfall his way through a laughless script for the better part of an hour and a half ultimately becomes as wearying as it is embarrassing to watch. Stealing much of its concept from "The Mask," "The Master of Disguise" involves Carvey in some nonsense about a family of crime fighters who are able to magically don all sorts of disguises at a moment's notice. This allows the filmmakers to enlist the aid of a number of real life celebrities who end up making cameo appearances, in the misguided belief, most likely, that this was going to be a fun, entertaining movie comedy. Boy, were they misled. Actually, I have rarely seen a film in which the jokes, "bits" and setups fall as consistently flat as they do here. To get a general notion of the level of humor in this film, please note that the running gag involves one character's tendency towards uncontrollable flatulence. It isn't funny the first time it happens and, believe me, it is even less funny the fourth, fifth (or is it sixth?) time around. In addition to the celebrity walk-ons (Bo Derek, Jesse Ventura, Paula Abdul, among others), Harold Gould, James Brolin, Jennifer Espinoto, Brent Spiner and Edie McClurg are all good sports who deserve better material than what they have been handed here. So is Carvey when you come right down to it. But then Carvey wrote the screenplay, so he HAS to be a good sport about it. After all, he handed HIMSELF this material. I hope the other actors trapped in this mess at least got paid well for their endeavors. The only good news is that, in the closing credits, we get to see many of the scenes, lines and characters that were, apparently, filmed, then dropped from the final product. One can only imagine how much worse the film would have been had they all been allowed to stay in.
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Summary: Horrid
Review: I almost walked out on it. Good thing it was only 84 minutes. The rest of the audience seemed equally disappointed: everyone was quiet on the way out (certainly not introspectively quiet), and no one seemed happy. A waste of a perfectly good night in my opinion. The jokes were stale and redundant, and weren't funny even the first time they were delivered. I tell everyone that desperately wants to see it to wait until it comes out on video or DVD... don't waste your money at the theater.
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Summary: Dana Carvey at his best !!!!
Review: Okay, it's not the best move ever but....it's full of gifted performances by Dana Carvey who I am now convinced can imitate anybody (he even briefly imitates Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy in this movie) Brent Spiner shows what he can do beyond the android persona of Data, and James Brolin is quite good as Pistacio Disguisey's father. Overall it is worth seeing the master of disguise if you like to see talent!
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Summary: Master of Disappointment
Review: From the trailers, this looked like an entertaining light comedy that would showcase Dana Carvey's talents as an impressionist. It turned out to be a loose string of skits that went on way, way too long. The supporting cast had nothing to support with -- trite dialog and the same tired old gags over and over again. The few cameos became the most interesting parts of the movie. When groups of people of all ages leave a movie, that's a sure sign it stinks. Save your money. Don't even rent it.
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Summary: well, entertaining but...
Review: I saw this movie a few days ago. Though there were certain sections that were truly funny, it has its shares of dry and predictable jokes.
For a light evening, it's ok; for serious comedy, I am not too sure...
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Summary: A Pleasant Surprise
Review: Ok, so this movie is stupid, but it never tries to pass itself off as anything other than stupid humor, that is why it works. There are enough laughs to please most people, but it certainly doesn't rate up with comedies such as Austin Powers, Hot Shots, Airplane, etc. I would have liked to see better character development, and the running length at 65 minutes is far too short. I recommend catching it during the day for half price.
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