Review: Wrongfully Accused
Starring: Leslie Nielson, Richard Crenna, Kelly Le Brock,
Sandra Bernhard, Michael York, Melinda McGraw
Written, Produced and Directed by Pat Proft
Review by: Joy Wyse
Thinking about this movie brings to mind the phrase "Jack of All Trades, Master of None". They have tried to make a movie that will appeal to everyone and ends up appealing to no one, except maybe a few 13-14 year olds who go to a lot of movies. The majority of the script depends on satirizing other films. If you haven't seen them, you probably won't catch the jokes. Obviously, there's The Fugitive, but there's also Titanic, Braveheart, Mission Impossible, and many, many others. Trying to figure out which movie is being portrayed is most of the fun. And, it is fun to study the wonderful props that are used.
Too much sexual innuendo prevents this from being a children's film, although some of it is subtle enough to go right over their heads. There is a scene, for example, when Lauren Goodhue [LeBrock] "prepares" a cigar by licking it, and Ryan Harrison [Nielsen] causes the drawer to open.
It's too childish to appeal to many adults, because many of the jokes are aimed at those viewers who are just discovering puberty. Sadly, some of the funniest bits are missed by many. They are in the closing credits. They list everyone including: party guest out of focus [Ingrid Henningsen], fainting pedestrian [Barbaree Earl Nielsen], and Wanted poster boy [Jason Payn]. They list winning lottery numbers. Credit is given to: Director's favorite lunch on a cold, rainy day_.grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.
There is a credit for Interns We allegedly all had sex with_.list upon request. I liked "Best Boy on Batteries: Mike Sweeney" and Groped: Patty Sachs. Then, they proceed to list "Today's Menu", complete with prices. They also include "no one cares about the following people" and names twenty. They include things that were stolen, and people in the crew who smuggled Cuban Cigars out of Canada. The way closing credits go on and on these days, it's difficult to figure out which are the jokes. At one point it's stated "This movie costs less than Michael Jordan makes in a year". It shows!
I give it a kind C-. I'd watch it again if I had nothing else to do and it was on free TV.
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