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Advantages: Funny, witty loads of fun
Disadvantages: No disadvantages to list

This film is definitely a Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn classic. This is a hilarious romantic classic. Definitely one for the DVD collection. Its warm hearted and cleverly done. Steve Martin and Goldie work fabulously together, it’s a really believable match. So what’s it all about? When architect Newman Davis (Martin) is rejected in his elaborate marriage proposal to girlfriend Becky he is left both broken hearted and with a newly built house as ...
...chance encounter with Gwen (Goldie) and end up having a one-night stand. He tells her about the house and does a drawing. He thinks this is the last he will see of her, but boy is he wrong. What he doesn’t know is that Gwen has a gift for making up unlikely yet convincing lies. Before he knows it she has moved to his town into his house and is telling everyone she is his wife. Although shocked Newton finds himself drawn into the lies as it seems ... Read review

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: None

...nor acknowledges that losers exist. Bowfinger (Martin) is a failed film producer who decides to hire Eddie Murphy for his latest film. Except he can't afford him. So he and his dodgy collection of Mexican film makers and wannabee actors film Murphy without his knowledge. Luckily Murphy is a member of a weird wacko religion called Mindhead which is astonishingly similar to Scientology in that they believe in aliens and are deeply paranoid. Murphy ...
...aliens (which he is). Meanwhile Heather Graham as the ingenue actress shags her way up the ladder. Favorite line: "Where do I go to be an actress? I've given myself a week to make it!" This is a very funny film, sarky and witty. Eddie Murphy shows just what a talented comedien he is and Steve Martin is triumphant. It has a feelgood ending but it's not the usual saccharine comedy fayre. Thoroughly recommend as a laugh out loud comedy and a look ... Read review

Advantages: Very funny, classy comedy, great cast, good setting, good story line
Disadvantages: None for me

...has a lot to learn. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a remake of a 1960's film which starred David Niven and Marlon Brando playing the leading roles. Set in a fictional, French resort Michael Caine as Laurence Jamieson has been making a good living by way of duping gullible females out of their cash. In league with the local head of police, played by Anton Rogers, he has a nice little earner set up. When Freddy Benson, played by Steve Martin, arrives in ...
...farce thrown in occasionally then this film should entertain and amuse you. Despite being twenty years old it is not really dated. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was directed by Frank Oz and more recently a stage musical has been made of this film. Thanks for reading (C) Eiley 2008 ... Read review

Advantages: great cast
Disadvantages: not as funny as expected.

...a self titled 'business' called Bowfinger International Movies, despite having never made a movie to date. Bowfinger proceeds to arrange a meeting with his clientele. After failing to persuade a director, or Kit Ramsey to work on his project, the group continue to make the film on their own, taking hidden footage of Kit whilst about his day to day business. This is difficult at the best of times, let alone when trying to complete such a project on ...
...to him they are. Bowfinger - Steve Martin Kit Ramsey - Eddie Murphy Daisy - Heather Graham This is another film to add to a long list, in which Murphy plays multiple characters. Whilst Murphy is evidently good at such roles, it is more than a little disappointing to see him being type cast. A fresh new face perhaps would have been nice, instead of plumping for the good, but not great, reliable Eddie Murphy. The story was all just a little too ... Read review

Advantages: Hugh Grant is nice to look at
Disadvantages: Everything else

American Dreamz is the sort of movie that could potentially be very funny. Note that word potentially. Directed by Paul Weitz who also directed About a Boy and American Pie, this movie is set around a popular American reality TV show. I saw the trailers for this and thought it looked good, but I never seem to get round to seeing things at the cinema and ended up getting this on DVD instead. ~The Plot~ The story revolves around the biggest TV show ...
...is overheard singing by the American Dreamz crew. The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) is due to be a judge on the final night of the show, and Omer's leaders have sinister plans for him. What will happen to the president? And who will win American Dreamz? ~What I thought~ Well, like many films, disappointingly, the trailer shows all the best bits and the rest of the film is rubbish! The plot, as I'm sure you can tell from above, is ... Read review