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The Adventures of Pluto Nash was shelved for nearly two years, and when it was finally released, hardly anyone noticed. In the interim, Eddie Murphy made the marginally better Showtime and started fishing for a career revival that wasn't a sequel to his previous hits. In the satirical, lunar-colony hash of Pluto Nash, Murphy's a variant of Casablanca's Rick Blaine in the year 2087, happily running the moon's hottest nightclub, refusing a buyout offer from a greedy gambler, and suffering the consequences with his sidekick robot (Randy Quaid in yet another thankless role) and newest employee (Rosario Dawson, before doing similar time in Men in Black II). A visual hybrid of Total Recall and A.I., this nearly laughless comedy would be a total write-off if it weren't for Murphy's stalwart attempt to jump-start the flagging humour. He's got the chops of a superstar, but only when his collaborators are on the same page. --Jeff Shannon
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Current holder of the title biggest flop in film history (budget in excess of $100m, worldwide gross under $8m), The Adventures of Pluto Nash isn't the worst film ever made but it is one that leaves you wondering why they ever bothered, let alone why anyone ended up spending over $100m and two years in post-production on it. An object lesson in the perils of playing it safe, it's formulaic almost to the point of inertia, with unimaginative and mechanical action scenes and, as you'd expect from the presence of a cameo from John Cleese, a man who hasn't been funny since 1988, few visible sign of any jokes in the film. What attempts at wit there are can be found in the production design, though Hilary Clinton's face on dollar bills has now passed its sell-by date. The look is half TV-movie, half-Total Recall (the flatter scenes and one major plot twist), but despite the 12 years the script spent in Development Hell it almost feels like Moon Zero Two with a bigger budget but without the laughs. The pluses are minor: Randy Quaid makes more of his role as Eddie Murphy's robot bodyguard than there is in the script, Rosario Dawson is easy on the eye and John Powell's score is good, but I doubt any of them includes this on their showreel. Rather than spectacularly bad, it's just utterly mundane, destroying Tremors director Ron Underwood's movie career without even leaving a good looking cinematic corpse like other colossal money losers like Cutthroat Island or Hudson Hawk. Not unwatchable, merely pointless.
Minimal extras include 4 deleted scenes, trailer, music video and featurette - on the making of the music video since no-one seem to want to talk about the film when it finally escaped.
Minimal extras include 4 deleted scenes, trailer, music video and featurette - on the making of the music video since no-one seem to want to talk about the film when it finally escaped.
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I wouldn't call this a "nearly laughless comedy," but it isn't Eddie Murphy's funniest movie. Plot-wise, it's a bit on the thin side, and if you've read the other reviews, you know pretty much all you need to know without having any surprises spoiled for you. Once again, Eddie Murphy is playing a heck of a nice guy who wants to make the universe a better place and gets into some bizarre scrapes along the way. Same old, same old, right?
Not exactly. Yeah, fine, it's set on the moon, in the future. But the look and feel of the lunar colonies is spectacular: eminently stylish mixed with futuristic, retro, and lived-in grunge. Just about every single aspect of life on the moon has been thought of, in exacting detail, and it shows. And the music is pretty darn good, too, with some fun and enjoyable remixes of old moon-themed favourites. So while you will not be needing to change your underwear from laughing so hard at this film, you'll get a few chuckles . . . and one HELL of a treat for the eyes and ears.
Well, anyway, that's my opinion. I recommend renting it to see for yourself. Then, if you like it, the price it's at now is a pretty good deal.
Not exactly. Yeah, fine, it's set on the moon, in the future. But the look and feel of the lunar colonies is spectacular: eminently stylish mixed with futuristic, retro, and lived-in grunge. Just about every single aspect of life on the moon has been thought of, in exacting detail, and it shows. And the music is pretty darn good, too, with some fun and enjoyable remixes of old moon-themed favourites. So while you will not be needing to change your underwear from laughing so hard at this film, you'll get a few chuckles . . . and one HELL of a treat for the eyes and ears.
Well, anyway, that's my opinion. I recommend renting it to see for yourself. Then, if you like it, the price it's at now is a pretty good deal.
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One among many films I was looking for.
I like the whole product.
To all who enjoy Eddiey Murphy.
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I like the whole product.
To all who enjoy Eddiey Murphy.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
And the point was.......
First off lets get one myth out of the way, Adventures of Pluto Nash is not the worst film of all time. But the problem with the movie is that it is quite simply pointless. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Colonel Decker
3.0 out of 5 stars
one of the biggest bombs ever but it's not that bad.
This one cost 100 million to make and made 2 million back , making it one of the biggest bombs ever. However it's not a truly terrilbe movie. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
4.0 out of 5 stars
Witty Sci-Fi Thriller
Not Eddie Murphy at his absolute best (I liked him more in Beverley Hills Cop), but still very good. Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. Geare
3.0 out of 5 stars
An unusual Eddie Murphy film, but I like it
After watching the trailer for this film it looked like it was well worth taking a look at this film as I thought it could be a sleeper, on first viewing I thought I was... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2008 by Dazman
3.0 out of 5 stars
YET ANOTHER EDDIE FILM
NOT HIS BEST BUT I LIKE HIM ANY WAY,
IF YOU ARE INTO EDDIE THEN YOU WILL LIKE IT .
IF NOT STAY CLEAR
IF YOU ARE INTO EDDIE THEN YOU WILL LIKE IT .
IF NOT STAY CLEAR
Published on 23 Nov 2005 by "daznlis"
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