Rating: 
Summary: Harmless
Review: * Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder have to be regarded as one of the
classic comedy teams of sorts. I was a fan of Pryor's ever since I
had the enforced opportunity -- while sweating in a barracks bay in
the middle of Texas during 1974 -- of virtually memorizing every word
of Pryor's album THAT N****R'S CRAZY while other members of my platoon
played it several times a night for a period of months. (Actually,
except for the monotony, I didn't mind: Pryor's skewering of
hopelessly square white people was not without justice, and was
balanced by a no-less-unjust and much more brutal skewering of his
brethren -- but I digress.) And though I am not a big Gene Wilder
fan, somehow he makes a perfect foil to Pryor.In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL Pryor plays Wally, an excitable blind
man, who becomes extricated with Dave, a cranky deaf man played by
Wilder. Through a series of coincidences, the two are implicated in a
murder, and must cooperate to clear themselves and bring the real
killers to justice. Now, anybody who has ever studied the least amount of statistics
(which roughly describes the level of my knowledge on that score)
knows that the distribution of almost anything follows what is called
a "normal" curve: there's a few things on the low end, there's a few
things on the high end, and there's a big bulge in the middle. This
movie falls clearly into the bulge. What can I say about a movie that
I can't have the pleasure of getting excited about or the satisfaction
of taking an axe to? Not that much. To be sure, SEE NO EVIL has its fine moments -- a lunatic fistfight
scene is good for some very big laughs -- but there are slow moments
as well -- a most improbable impersonation tries to be funny but
merely seems stupid. Pryor occasionally reaches a pitch of lunacy,
but while his foul mouth (which actually seems a little tame after
getting used to Eddie Murphy) is sometimes good for a laugh, at other
times it seems ... well, foul. The plot is a thrown-together
contraption that adds no interest to the movie. (I think they must
have a computer program that generates such plots. Probably runs on a
kiddie PC.) It's a bit sad to put give such stars as Pryor and
Wilder such a weak vehicle. In summary, what can I say about this movie? The HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE
TO THE GALAXY had the right description in a single word: HARMLESS.
[Minor update of review from 1989.]
Rating:
Summary: Good comedy
Review: A good comedy with great comedians(Wilder,Pryor) and the presence of the voloptous Joan Severance in a good role(one of the murders) with good dialogs and gags. A good entertainment.
Rating: 
Summary: 12:00 3:OO
Review: ANY MOVIE THAT GENE WILDER AND RICHARD PRYOR ARE IN DESERVES FIVE STARS AND I MEAN IT. I LOVE IT WHEN GENE WILDER IS TELLING RICHARD PRYOR A.K.A. WALLY ALL THE DIFFERENT TIMES LIKE 12:O0, 3:00 SO HE CAN HIT THAT GUY AND HE IS THROWING HIS FIST EVERY WHICH WAY. I JUST REALLY LIKE THE MOVIE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT I REALLY RECCOMEND IT.
Rating:
Summary: side spltingly funny
Review: any one who enjoys a good old fashond comody will love see no evil, hear no evil. gene wilder and richard pryor are an absolutly hillarious duo.
Rating:
Summary: I Don't Know Why Everybody Hates This Movie
Review: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are a scream! They bounce off of each other well, and are hilarious while doing it. In addition, Joan Severance positively steams up the screen, and displays exposive chemistry with Wilder. Look for the scene with Pryor and Wilder getting their mug shots taken for one of SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL's best moments.
Rating: 
Summary: Hilarious look at being handicapped
Review: Has there ever been a greater pair than Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder? This may be their best movie ever! Anybody watching this movie can remember having a conversation like the one where Pryor and Wilder are pushing the polic car into the Arthur Kills ("you swear a lot" - Wilder "F--ing A I swear a lot" - Pryor) This lighthearted comedy will make you laugh until you need to change your drawers!
Rating: 
Summary: A relentlessly predictable, unfunny comedy
Review: I absolutely hated it! Not one chuckle could be heard out of me while painfully viewing this idiotic, cliche-ridden, and predictable exploitation picture. A blind man and a deaf man meet in a drug store, a murder occurs which the deaf of course doesn't hear, the bumbling duo is accussed of the murder and from then on you can see every single joke coming (the blind man driving a car, the deaf man not hearing some important details in the case, typically low-grade violence and clues to the murder which the team don't really understand since, needless to repeat, they are handicapped). Plus it carries its one joke for a ridiculous near two hours. Blind and deaf people are nothing like the idiots portrayed here. They are smart and important in their own way. I know if any person with these disabilties saw this junk, they'd be downright offended. At least the blind would be at an advantage since they wouldn't be able to see it!
Rating:
Summary: VERY BAD, PREDICTABLE SO-CALLED "COMEDY"
Review: I didn't even laugh once. I expected better from Wilder and Pryor. BAD
Rating:
Summary: One of the funniest movies I've seen.
Review: I don't care what the critics say. This movie is hilarious! Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are perfectly matched. Joan Severance is one of the hottest women in hollywood. I had to pause the VCR several times to keep from missing something while I laughed hysterically.
Rating:
Summary: Funniest Movie I Have Seen In My Life
Review: I had to go and rent this movie after I saw Stir Crazy. This one was just as hilarious. I could not stop laughing throughout the entire movie. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are great in this movie, just like they are in any movie. My favorite part is when they could not get either one to look at the camera after they got arrested.
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