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Gone Fishin'

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Gone Fishin' (1997)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:1

Rotten:20

Average Rating:2.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling... In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling escapades they do accidentally land a dangerous criminal! Willie Nelson cameos as the boys' fishing pro guru. [More]

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Edythe Davis, Carol Kane, Gary Grubbs, Jenna Bari, Samantha Brown, Jeff DiLucca, Jamil Akim O'Quinn, Frank Nasso, Raynor Scheine, Robyn Hackett, James R. Greene, Steve Wise, Claudia Haro, Jonathan Avildsen, Bob Noble, Jeff Prettyman, Judy Clayton, Antoni Corone, Dana Adamstein, Valerie J. Boey, Joseph Scalora, Tommy DeVito, Leonard Termo, Alfred Nittoli, Gary Morgan, Lisa Hewlett Keen, Dave Corey, Baynor Foy Crane, Mark Futch, Al Guthery, John Griffen

Director: Christopher Cain

Director: Christopher Cain
Screenwriter: Jill Mazursky Cody, Jeffrey Abrams
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Julie Bergman Sender

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  • Gone Fishin'
  • This hilarious hit stars Danny Glover (LETHAL WEAPON series) and Joe Pesci (MY COUSIN VINNY, LETHAL WEAPON II & III) as the funniest fishermen ever to throw out a line! Best buddies Gus (Glover) and Joe (Pesci) eagerly anticipate another quiet, relaxing fishing trip. Only things don't go quite as they planned! Instead, they innocently create an unstoppable series of outrageous mishaps, destroying everything in their wake! Catch all the crowd-pleasing fun and nonstop laughs as these pals land in one comic disaster after another and deliver one of the wildest comedy adventures in years!
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    Reviews for Gone Fishin'

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    They only highlight the sheer, witless desperation of all involved.

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    08/03/09
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    Dumb n dumber middle agers Glover & Pesci in land and sea adventures.

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    09/30/06
    Steve Crum
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    Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

    A terrible ride with two idiotic characters.

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    05/23/06
    Michael Ferraro
    Michael Ferraro
    Film Threat

    No review available.

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    09/26/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    Film is so formulaic that virtually every plot point is telegraphed way in advance.

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    04/27/05
    Daniel M. Kimmel
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    No review available.

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    04/14/04
    Walter Chaw
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    Film Freak Central

    This is a film that misses the boat right from the start through an improper mixture of fools.

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    05/20/03
    Lawrence Van Gelder
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    New York Times
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    Like any Pesci outing post-Goodfellas, this can be described with one word; that word is 'hackneyed'.

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    03/26/03
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    I hope the person that greenlighted this was fired.

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    08/28/02
    Alex Sandell
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    No review available.

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    07/31/02
    Philip Martin
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Without question one of the stupidest comedies I've ever seen.

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    07/26/02
    Scott Weinberg
    Scott Weinberg
    eFilmCritic.com

    Comedies about fishing have never worked, not even for Howard Hawks.

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    06/05/02
    Dale Winogura
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    04/12/02
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    Joe Pesci and Danny Glover need to get their agents on the phone, pronto.

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    01/01/00
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    After this and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, maybe the Academy will ask Pesci to return his Oscar.

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    01/01/00
    Chris Hicks
    Chris Hicks
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Cut bait and avoid this trip.

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    01/01/00
    Desson Thomson
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    The saddest thing about this unfunny, misguided motion picture is watching two performers I admire -- Joe Pesci and Danny Glover -- stumble their way through such obviously inferior material.

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    01/01/00
    James Berardinelli
    James Berardinelli
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    An unfunny, meandering film attempting to be a comedy.

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    01/01/00
    Madeleine Williams
    Madeleine Williams
    Cinematter

    Maybe the sequel will even make me laugh.

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    01/01/00
    Russell Smith
    Russell Smith
    Austin Chronicle

    There's certainly nothing inherently clever about the premise.

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    01/01/00
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