My Blue Heaven
by Herbert Ross
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Actor: Joan Cusack, Rick Moranis, Steve MartinDirector: Herbert Ross
Brand: MARTIN,STEVE
Producer: Herbert Ross
Producer: Nora Ephron
Writer: Nora Ephron
Producer: Goldie Hawn
Producer: Anthea Sylbert
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
Published: 2004-06-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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DVD Review: The Humor in Theft
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an interesting movie. It's a comedy about a sleazeball in the mob (Steve Martin) who is protected by the FBI witness protection program until he testifies for a few very important trials. He is moved to a pleasant town in surburban America and is given the non-Italian name of Todd Wilkinson. Naturally, he decides to get in trouble by going out and stealing things, not giving a hoot about how much he hurts the FBI or the small town he's in. He REALLY upsets the town's Assistant District Attorney (Joan Cusack) and the FBI agent responsible for his safety (Rick Moranis). In the middle of his crooked endeavors, he manages to do some good things as well. He gives Moranis advice about opening up and meeting women and he raises money to start a little league park. It's a funny story about how even the biggest crook in the world can somehow manage to do good and wonderful things every once in a GREAT while.
My favorite elements in this movie are the cast, and the lame excuses Martin gives after he's arrested on several occassions for stealing. Martin, Cusack, and Moranis are good in darn near any role, and this movie gives these performers great roles that each of them can identify with and bring humor to.
What's Martin's excuse for having twenty-five copies of a book after he's caught stealing a load of stuff? "In case I want to read it more than once."
Even after such blatant criminal behavior and lies, Martin still suffers little to no punishment for his actions. With no ethics whatsoever, he steals everything from a car to a swordfish and then tries to blame it on other people. I can't help laughing at it. Such perversion of justice is just so darn funny.
Maybe not a classic, but by all means a great movie; any way you look at it.
Description of My Blue Heaven
An urban hood given a new identity under the FBI witness protection program turns a suburban town upside down.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
The idea is clever but the movie can't seem to pull its comic weight: Steve Martin plays a mob informer who is placed in the witness-protection program and doesn't fit into the suburban California life the Feds have picked out for him. Rick Moranis is the FBI agent assigned to protect him. Martin mugs his way through the role of an Italian wise guy from the New York streets, but his performance is never more than an impersonation. The script leaves a lot to be desired, as well. Director Herbert Ross (The Turning Point) brings some gloss to the production, but he can't seem to do much else with the material. --Tom Keogh
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