Not well received, this somewhat cheesy yet typical 80's movie is fun to watch just to see what Hollywood computers and gadgets looked like before they were invented.
Suffering the fate of most Hollywood remakes of Francis Veber scripts, 1985's dismal The Tall Man With One Red Shoe doesn't just change the color scheme from the French original The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe but throws out most of the jokes as well, toning down the already pretty innocuous original for the perceived prejudices of a mainstream American audience who stayed at home in droves... read more
"April 5
"Are you OK? You seem tense."
"Oh, no, no, no, I'm not, I'm not tense. Well, I did pass out today... and got hit in the head by a baseball... and brushed my teeth with shampoo... then butchered Rimsky- Korsakov in front of 1,500 people, and my clothes fell apart. But I'm not *tense*."
This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still wasn't good. The movie had some funny parts, but they were just mildly funny. I also found this movie somewhat boring. This movie is so forgetta"
raisleygordon added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Suffering the fate of most Hollywood remakes of Francis Veber scripts, 1985's dismal The Tall Man With One Red Shoe doesn't just change the color scheme from the French original The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe but throws out most of the jokes as well, toning down the already pretty innocuous original for the perceived prejudices of a mainstream American audience who stayed at home in droves anyway. A young Tom Hanks seems all at sea in the barely-defined lead, Lori Singer overdoes the icy professionalism to zombie-like extremes as his leading lady while a capable supporting cast (Jim Belushi, Charles Durning, Edward Herrmann, Carrie Fisher, Tom Noonan, David Ogden Stiers) have too little to do and even less of it close to funny under Stan Dragoti's leaden direction that misses what ” read more
Jamie M. added this to a list 5 months, 2 weeks ago
“Not well received, this somewhat cheesy yet typical 80's movie is fun to watch just to see what Hollywood computers and gadgets looked like before they were invented.” read more
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Plot: A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit.
Genre: Comedy | Thriller
Director: Stan Dragoti
Stars: Tom Hanks, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
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Jamie M. added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago