Nielsen, an actor who is either brilliant or abysmal depending on the material, veers towards the latter.
Mr. Magoo (1997)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:1
Rotten:25
Average Rating:2.3/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Comically myopic hero Mr. Magoo stumbles onto the big screen in this live-action cartoon. After Magoo (Leslie Nielsen, star of AIRPLANE! and the NAKED GUN television series and movies)... Comically myopic hero Mr. Magoo stumbles onto the big screen in this live-action cartoon. After Magoo (Leslie Nielsen, star of AIRPLANE! and the NAKED GUN television series and movies) inadvertently makes off with a priceless gem exhibited at the premiere of a posh museum, he and his bulldog sidekick, Angus, find themselves in the midst of international intrigue. Not only has the jewel been earmarked by slinky cat burglar Luanne LeSeur (Kelly Lynch), it's also prized by the FBI, a Brazilian crime lord, and other sundry parties. Packed with laughs, MR. MAGOO is helmed by action-comedy director Stanley Tong, best known as a directorial collaborator of martial arts megastar Jackie Chan. [More]
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Jennifer Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Miguel Ferrer, L. Harvey Gold, Art Irizawa, John Tierney, Terence Kelly, Rick Burgess, Jerry Wasserman, Bill Dow, Frank C. Turner, Monique Rusu, Robert Metcalfe, Danny Steele, Dolores Drake, Claire Riley, Pat Waldron, Michael Puttonen, Pamela Diaz, Chancz Perry, Marke Driesschen, Shawn MacDonald, David Neale, Carrie Cain Sparks
Director: Stanley Tong
Director: Stanley Tong
Screenwriter: Pat Proft, Tom Sherohman
Producer: Ben Myron
Composer: Michael Tavera
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Jul 21, 1998
Reviews for Mr. Magoo
By turns frenetic and flat-footed, Mr. Magoo is an uninspired live-action comedy.
If you really hate your kids, pack them off to this slapdash farce, whose only funny moment is the PC disclaimer at the end about the Disney company's humanist concern for blind people.
When even the outtakes you see over the end titles don't raise a single titter, you know you're in trouble.
I grew up with Mr. Magoo. I watched Mr. Magoo. I loved Mr. Magoo. Leslie Nielsen, you're no Mr. Magoo.
Mr. Magoo is not just an insult to the blind and near-blind, it's an insult to every human being who has the misfortune to suffer through this dreadfully unfunny, 90 minute atrocity.
Here's where I'm supposed to suggest how the film might be better. But I can't think of anything to say other than to make the film again, with different writers and a new director.
Among those who will be insulted by this painfully unfunny comedy are women, the elderly and members of several ethnicities, as well as moviegoers with even the slightest modicum of taste.
Incomplete as a cartoon, indecisive as comedy, halting as adventure, Mr. Magoo turns out to be a shortsighted project.
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