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Film-makers often remark that it's just so hard to make a bad picture that few would take on the challenge if they weren't so naive. Steve Martin's Bobby Bowfinger is cut from that pattern, one of those sweet, indomitable operators of Hollywood who seem to be descended directly from Ed Wood (of Plan 9 from Outer Space infamy). To resurrect his ramshackle existence, Bowfinger opts to film his accountant's sci-fi spectacular,Chubby Rain, about aliens invading in raindrops. The snag is he needs to attach action megastar Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy), an actor so paranoid he counts the occurrences of the letter "k" in scripts to uncover possible Ku Klux Klan influences. When his effort fails, Bowfinger hits on an ingenious scheme to film Ramsey without his knowledge, throwing his actors at the hapless star whenever he appears in public. Only Kit begins to believe he's being hounded by aliens for real, and runs hysterically to his guru (Terence Stamp) at a Scientology-clone group called MindHead, where people walk around in fine suits wearing white pyramids on their heads. Deprived of his star, yet not to be undone, Bowfinger hires a look-alike, Jiff (also Eddie Murphy), to fill in. The tone of the picture is sometimes flat, rather than deadpan, but that's nitpicking. The farce is quick and engrossing, and populated with terrific performances, especially by Eddie Murphy, whose dual role as Kit and Jiff showcases his character-building gift, and by Martin, whose Bowfinger, part con man and part would-be visionary, manages to capture your sympathies. Heather Graham's would-be actress cheerfully sleeps her way to the top like she knows she's supposed to, and Christine Baranski plays her shopworn method actor with myopic self-absorption. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com
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Includes the Eddie Murphy Films Bowfinger and Life. In Bowfinger, a desperate movie producer will do anything to get his dream movie made so he hires someone with no acting experience to take the title role. In Life, the story starts in New York 1932 when Claude and Ray head south to Mississippi on a bootlegging run. Things don't go exactly as planned.
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Not all of Eddie Murphy's post Beverly Hills Cop movies have been much to write home about, but this movie is a definate exception.
Much to my partner's dismay, I found myself laughing uncontrolably whilst on a flight to Portugal, disturbing other passengers - at the slightly un-PC misuse of the enthsiasm and naivety of the lead character's twin brother - in the making of the budget movie which is central to this story.
Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Heather Graham (and in fact all the actors in the key roles) play their parts to perfection in this movie. Look out for highlights such as filming on the freeway, red stiletto's in the car park and starlet bed hopping.
This is one you can watch again and again.
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By S J Buck
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Bowfinger was made in 1999 and Steve Martin hasn't made a decent film since, which is a shame because he is one of the finest comedy actors out there.
This one is a minor classic, a return to 80's form in fact. Martin plays a 3rd rate movie director desperate to get leading Hollywood star Kit Ramsey in his film. Of course he fails, but decides to shoot the film anyway, filming the star without his permission. Eddie Murphy is very good as Ramsey the movie star and as Ramsey the dumb brother who stands in for his famous brother.
Martin put a lot of time into this film as a writer and it shows, because its very funny in places. Sadly Martin seems to have a problem choosing his projects. We can only hope that the wild and crazy guy will make another film this good at some point in the future.
This one is a minor classic, a return to 80's form in fact. Martin plays a 3rd rate movie director desperate to get leading Hollywood star Kit Ramsey in his film. Of course he fails, but decides to shoot the film anyway, filming the star without his permission. Eddie Murphy is very good as Ramsey the movie star and as Ramsey the dumb brother who stands in for his famous brother.
Martin put a lot of time into this film as a writer and it shows, because its very funny in places. Sadly Martin seems to have a problem choosing his projects. We can only hope that the wild and crazy guy will make another film this good at some point in the future.
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By N. Hammond
Format:DVD
as it says in the title there is only one word to describe this film - FUNNY! Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy are amazing, Murphy's character showing just the right amount of emotion and fear at the right moments while Martin just dazzles. Another great plus is Heather Graham and Jamie Kennedy. Both of these, in supporting roles, almost threaten to steal the limelight away from the bigger names. Kennedy's character in particular, as the shy guy who likes to pretened he knows it all is a brilliant stroke of casting genius. The best thing about this film is the way all the cast pull together to make this film as good as it is. If it had been made with just one minor alteration to the credits it wouldn't of worked. As it is, it's an amazingly funny film that you can watch over and over again without ever losing a laugh.
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Bowfinger Pictures Presents Chubby Rain!
Bowfinger is the only Steve Martin comedy film made since his classic late 70s and 80s films(The Jerk, Man with Two Brains, Dead men Don't wear Plaid, Three Amigos) that you could... Read more
Published 23 months ago by j.r
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Keep it Together!
Bowfinger is, in my opinion, Steve Martin's greatest comedy role. Based on the brilliant idea of a B or even C movie director who shoots a science-fiction movie using a famous but... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2011 by Robin P.
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The last great steve martin & eddie murphy film.
This was a real suprise.
Back when it was released id never heard of this before.
Its since become one of my favourite comedies. Read more
Back when it was released id never heard of this before.
Its since become one of my favourite comedies. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2010 by Barrel of Laughs
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bowfinger sucks
This is the worst film I have ever had the misfortune to endure. Anyone with any intelligence will avoid it like the plague!!!
Published on 25 Aug 2008 by kidzbookdetective
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GOTCHA SUCKERS!!!!
Every time I watch this I find new moments to laugh at, it is, without any argument one of Steve Martins best films. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2007 by L. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clever, high-concept comedy: buy it!
The cast does justice to the brilliantly simple concept of a bunch of loser Hollywood misfits led by arch-producer Bowfinger (Martin) who want to make a film so badly that they... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2007 by Brian Levine
2.0 out of 5 stars
funny but not a classic
This film does have it's moments , a couple of times I found I laughed out loud (at Eddie Murphy), but it just didn't happen enough . Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2006 by Mark Wharton
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Bowfinger
Ahh pure genious. This is a funny film with a great plot and some laughable moments. Worth seeing if you are a Steve Martin or Eddie murphy fan.
Published on 30 Aug 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
quite simply, one of the funniest films I have ever seen !
It is simply one of the funniest films I have ever seen. I was an early fan of Steve Martin, but not really finding his later films that funny, ditto Murphy. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2003
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