Bowfinger

Pros: Martin and Murphy. Very funny movie.
Cons: None for me. Some people may think it is too silly.

In 1999 Steve Martin, one of my favorite comedy actors, teamed up with Eddie Murphy for the first time. The result was the very funny Bowfinger, one of my favorite comedy movies. Bobby Bowfinger was a very unsuccessful director ...

Pros: Martin, Murphy and co deliver the goods, as does a clever, witty script.
Cons: Feels like a personal vendetta from Martin at times.

Don’t you hate it when you get those niggling thoughts at the back of your mind that you just can’t get rid of, a small pocket of your mind that’s constantly distracted by an alternate though? It’s not guilt, it’s not something you’ve forgotten, it’s......

Pros: Very original, funny
Cons: Eddie Murphy is not at his best

A major motion picture typically costs millions of dollars to produce. You have to hire the crew, pay for location costs, and have a studio back your project. Oh yeah, don’t forget those millions of dollars each actor is going to require before he or...

Pros: The genuinely clever premise is almost as enjoyable as Eddie Murphy's performance.
Cons: I'm unimpressed by the argument that the point is bad execution and execrable filler.

A starving, shivering screenplay writer bursts through the front door of Sloucho International Productions. Unintimidated by the prerecorded protests of the inflatable administrative assistant that defends my office with slightly staticky cries of, "Mr....

Pros: Eddie Murphy's dual role, funny concept, pleasent humour.
Cons: Sort of peters out at the end.

Back in the good old days of fimmaking, really schlock B-movies were standard practise in Hollywood, and, indeed, in the rest of the world. I admit that I’ve not seen very many of these flicks, so I’m only speaking from thirdhand information...

Pros: Funny during the first hour, then it becomes simply hilarious. Eddy Murphy at his best.
Cons: Unsympathetic characters, not all jokes work.

In the irresistable comedy Bowfinger, a movie director not unlike Ed Wood tries to enlist an arrogant movie star for his third-rate horror movie. No holds barred in this movie, because Eddy Murphy is having the time of his life!

Ed...

Pros: This is the revenge-sweet script Martin has been dying to write; this is the funny performance Murphy has been dying to give
Cons: Some of the satirical zingers may go over the heads of Hollywood outsiders

Bowfinger is a tribute to bad movie-making. You know the kind I’m talking about: movies where the microphone dips into view, the actors wear their own clothes and the special effects were bought at K-Mart.

Hollywood keeps churning out...

Pros: the cast, mindhead, illegal immigrants
Cons: Robert Downey Jr. too long for a cameo too short for anything else

I watched Bowfinger again last week and I'm still laughing. I saw it when it came out and really liked it yet I never considered how much I really liked it. Somehow I went for a ages with it always coming up in conversation. Anytime Eddie Murphy or Steve...

Pros: Some very funny scenes
Cons: Eddie Murphy is a little over the top

Reviews for Bowfinger were wildly mixed when it debuted in theatres, but that didn't keep me from liking the film-in fact, I liked it a lot. That affection was greatly enhanced by the fact that the movie contains what I consider to be the single funniest...

Pros: Smart script by Martin and blazing performance by Murphy
Cons: Rest of cast is weak

Surprises await you at BOWFINGER, an amusing look at down-and-out Hollywood that offers laughs, smarts, and many knowing headshaking moments.

Steve Martin, the star and writer of BOWFINGER, has created a gently satiric trifle that lovingly...

Pros: Excellent premise, hilarious movie!
Cons: A little too goofy for some

Sometimes there's a movie that goes nuts, and comes out as one of the most enjoyable movies of the year...which in this case is Bowfinger. While Bowfinger looks like a brainless comedy at heart, it's really much smarter than it loks, and you'll be in...

Pros: Great idea, hilarious movie
Cons: Doesn't quite fulfil the potential.

Bowfinger is a delightful surprise, a satire on Hollywood that manages the difficult feat of being clever, touching and immensely silly without coming up short in virtually any department.
Adding to the surprise is Steve Martin, back on glorious...

Pros: hilarious. witty commentary
Cons: drags occasionally

At first I was skeptical. I'm not an Eddie Murphy fan. I wasn't even much of a Steve Martin fan until I read his book... So, the premise of a bankrupt director who gets a nerdish fry packer to run across 12 lanes of rush-hour traffic (which is really all...

Pros: great storyline, great script, Eddie Murphy
Cons: disjointed, occasionally too silly

I rented this movie on the strength of its cast and its amusing-sounding storyline. Though I'm usually not a fan of films about making films ("Burn, Hollywood, Burn" and "Get Shorty"), there is the rare one that I find very enjoyable...

Pros: Very humorous
Cons: Unrealistic

This movie is a pretty good and funny movie. I saw it becuase it looked very funny and it was funny, but it wasnt the best movie I have seen. The movie was fast and not very predictable which is very good but it wasnt very realistic. It seemed like...