I cannot even begin to count how many `comedies' I have sat through that try to reach for the `timeless' formula by interjecting some lame dramatics to engage the audience even more than the comedy ever could.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this picture, realizing early on that it was a very serious movie wrongly hyped as a comedy. Comedies are rarely as dirty and sweaty as this movie. Life is well-mounted and the sets are as convincing as any I've seen. Let's not overlook an interesting small role expertly understated by Ned Beatty, and the charm of Bokeem Woodbine as Can't Get Right. Note that when these characters are shown as old men, Murphy actually becomes an old man, Lawrence is still a young man in oldster's make-up.
Lawrence is almost as good, but he does labor a bit with the dramatic parts, seeming a bit uncomfortable shedding his comic bent. I was surprised at how good Murphy is in this flick.Not one of my favorites, he convinces as he ages and grows under the burden his character carries, that of an entire life stolen from him. These are pictures that provide comic overtones to people struggling to get through a very serious and overwhelming event: war, contemplated suicide, and in the case of Life, life imprisonment. There have been some great ones that do this, and we mistakenly classify them as comedies. Once you let that expectation go, this is a great movie! It succeeds as a drama with comic tone. The mind boggles!Īnyway, for those who have not seen "Life", go and see, you won't regret watching it.Īfter reading the user comments on this movie, it appears that the main complaint is that it is not the rollicking laugh-a-minute comedy that fans of the two leads expected. "Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me" and "Big Daddy" definitely fall in the latter. "Life" which is struggling to reach the $65M mark falls into the former category.
Moreover, there are films which fall short in quality, that can generate $100M+ for substandard, regurgitated, "comedy". Please no more films like Beverly Hills Flop 3 and Holy Man!įinally, a general point, which needs to be addressed, is that it is so strange how comedy films with far more substance, fail to do well financially. I just hope that Eddie Murphy continues in this same vein. That said, Eddie Murphy and his worthy partner, Martin Lawrence successfully produce a comedy worth watching. It is possible that he is caught up in his own 'identity creation' of "Eddie Murphy: Comedy first, drama.maybe not!" There are no doubts regarding Eddie Murphy's acting ability, yet sometimes I think he sacrifices the script and his role for a cheap laugh when it's not really necessary. I believe had Mr Murphy decided to look really deeply into the role of Rayford Gibson, it could have been a possible "Oscar" role for him. If this film had a flaw, I think this was it. With a story line as good as this one, it was up to Eddie to see how he could develop it. Two adjectives that I have not been able to use for an Eddie Murphy film for a long time. Several other popular character actors and actresses make appearances here too.I found this film funny and inventive.
Murphy is absolutely hilarious in his role as a player who gradually learns to get lessons in treating women right and Halle Berry has a early leading film part as another work colleague who eventually comes between the Murphy/Givens love affair. Marcus naturally feels that she will be his next target for romantic using and gets more than he ever bargained for when she winds up being the first woman ever who can see through his tricks and try to get back at him for it (hence the title). One day, an attractive young woman (Robin Givens) becomes the advertising company's new boss. He goes around proudly reporting the previous night's results each morning to his friends (David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence). Marcus is quite happy with having this rather low lifestyle and way of treating women. Murphy portrays Marcus Graham, a New York advertising executive who is known by many people throughout New York for being a notorious player, a man who will date a woman, get her into bed by the end of the first date, judge her by the lovemaking and then dump her. After a terrible 1991 loanout to Hollywood Pictures for the weak comedy "The Distinguished Gentleman", Eddie Murphy returned to Paramount the following year and gave one of his all time best and funniest performances in this romantic comedy with a twist.
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