The Master of Disguise Reviews
January 29, 2019
In a 40-year career in horror, David Cronenberg never dreamed up an image as chilling or stomach-churning as Dana Carvey as a human turtle.
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| Original Score: 2/10
May 29, 2013
A film about as funny as a seeping wound.
May 29, 2013
Such a sad irony that Dana Carvey, who's made his name bringing celebrities to life with uncanny impersonations, should make such a lifeless movie based on characters of his own creation.
December 26, 2010
A messy disappointment for Dana Carvey fans.
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| Original Score: 1/5
March 7, 2007
... Mike Myers has already milked this type of gag-dense character comedy bone dry.
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| Original Score: 2/5
January 5, 2007
George W. Bush in the flesh would have been much funnier than this movie's impersonation.
February 9, 2006
There follows a fusillade of farts, dud sight gags and inconsequential butt jokes.
June 1, 2003
The worst film ever made: a film about idiots, made by idiots, for idiots.
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| Original Score: 1/5
December 24, 2002
Never have so many jokes clunked off the screen to such a silent audience. And never has 80 minutes seemed like such an eternity.
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| Original Score: 1/5
September 26, 2002
The Master of Disguise represents Adam Sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe.
August 20, 2002
In just over a minute you can see everything that's wrong with this one-joke farce.
August 8, 2002
An awful, stillborn comedy assembled out of rusty spare parts from secret agent movies and run-of-the-mill Saturday Night Live skits.
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| Original Score: D-
August 5, 2002
If The Master of Disguise had been a free cable movie -- well, I still wouldn't have recommended it.
August 4, 2002
A gimmick in search of a movie: how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible, plot mechanics be damned.
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| Original Score: 0/5
August 3, 2002
The film contains no good jokes, no good scenes, barely a moment when Carvey's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment.
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| Original Score: 1/4
August 2, 2002
Lacking even a hint of humor or a watchable story, Disguise has distinguished itself as the summer's worst movie.
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| Original Score: 1/4
August 2, 2002
The only camouflage Carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public, to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers.
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| Original Score: 1/5
August 2, 2002
It showcases Carvey's talent for voices, but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one's patience to get to the good stuff.
Original Score: 1.5/4
August 2, 2002
At times, it actually hurts to watch.
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| Original Score: 1/4
August 2, 2002
Dana Carvey makes a lackadaisical 'comeback' as a man of a thousand faces, none of them funny.