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Best Defense (1984)

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Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy try but fail to bring this flat comedy to life, while the story itself is hampered by intercutting between the years of 1982 in Los Angeles (Moore) and 1984 in Kuwait (Murphy), with no explanation of how these two disparate people and locations are related. Wylie (Moore) is an inept engineer trying to perfect a gyro system for his employers who contract projects with the U.S. defense department. Wylie accidentally gets some blueprints for another type of gyro -- and

Jan 27, 2004

Paramount Home Video

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All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (4)

It really isn't easy to make a movie as mind-bendingly bad as Best Defense. It takes hard work, a very great deal of money and people so talented that it matters when they fail with such utter lack of distinction.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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A dismally unfunny shambles.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Try as they may, neither the cast nor the filmmakers can cover up the fact that this movie, like Moore's prototype, is a dud.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Aiming for the zaniness of Catch-22, this comedy misfires.

August 21, 2004 Full Review | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Best Defense

Disappointing, Best Defense, have a poor, but clever, screenplay, poor direction and nothing funny moments. A low point in Dudley Moore's career. It's a good film to know, but terrible to be one of your favorite. Rotten.

June 20, 2011
Lucas Martins

Super Reviewer

Let's face it, Dudley Moore's film career STANK! A film of two halves, with Moore and Murphy featuring in two different stories, neither of which are even vaguely funny.

January 1, 2007
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