THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1993 Ken Johnson
120 min., R, Comedy, 1992 Director: Jonathan Lynn Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Roth, Joe Don Baker, Victoria Rowell, Grant Seud, Kevin McCarthy, Charles S. Dutton, Victor Rivers, Noble Willingham, James Garner, Della Reese, Sarah Carson
Con man Eddie Murphy sees that the way to make money is to become a congressman. When Florida's congressman, James Garner, dies, Murphy runs for his seat under name recognition. When Murphy wins the election, he starts to have a field day in Washington, D.C.
1992 was a great year for fans of Eddie Murphy. In the summer he put out the film BOOMERANG (which is now on video cassette) and then just recently he put out the film THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, which is up to his excellent standard. I highly recommend THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN to all fans of Eddie Murphy. On a scale of zero to five, I give THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN a five. THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN is rated R for explicit language, adult situations, and adult humor.
This film has been said by some people to be better than BEVERLY HILLS COP. I don't agree with that. I still feel that BEVERLY HILLS COP is Eddie Murphy's best film. However, Eddie Murphy doesn't let his fans down. This film is written with the trademark Eddie Murphy humor that keeps up from beginning to end.
This is one of those films that it doesn't matter whether you see it in the theater or not. I think that a film always looks better on the big screen, but with the amount that movies are costing these days some people may want to wait for this film to be released on video cassette. However I recommend that big fans of Eddie Murphy see this film in the theater.
Eddie Murphy's supporting cast is excellent; especially Charles S. Dutton ("Roc", ALIEN^3), who plays a minister (and has hair on his head). I think that Charles S. Dutton is an great actor and makes anything that he is in better (he was one of the best things about ALIEN^3). Kevin McCarthy also added a lot to the film.
-------- Ken Johnson blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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