Maybe they should have asked Ted and Alice along too...
Added 4/24/2009
Amos & Andrew (1993) The first film directed by writer Max Frye (Something Wild) is sadly a rather tepid message movie/comedy about a black writer (Samuel L. Jackson-Pulp Fiction) who moves onto an island community in New England that is all white. Thereafter, through a complicated set of circumstances, he is shot at, held hostage, etc. all because of the island people's innate prejudices. Nicolas Cage (Honeymoon in Vegas) is Amos Odell, a two-bit criminal enlisted by the island's police chief (Dabney Coleman-Short Time) to help him save face before the next election. It's all overly intricate, and whatever chances the film had at comedy are smothered by the heavy-handed social statements. To top everything else off, a very good supporting cast is given little to do. Also with Brad Dourif (Spontaneous Combustion), Michael Lerner (Barton Fink), and Margaret Colin (Like Father, Like Son).
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awesome film
Added 3/3/2009
this movie was in very good shape if i need to buy another it will be from this company thankyou ever so much
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Funny movie with racial prejudice message coming through loud and clear
Added 11/21/2008
Despite the high jinks, bumbling and fumbling of Dabney Coleman's Cops and that of small-time hood Nicolas Cage, the racial issue between Blacks and Whites was still able to get the message across; that despite our open-mindness, there's still a racial divide in many parts of your country. Of course, you'd have to have just landed on Earth not to realize that.
Still, an entertaining and very funny movie with Samuel L. Jackson as Andrew Sterling, suffering the injustice of a racist police chief and neighbors in his new hometown.
Nicolas Cage as the hard-luck patsy for the cops "spin control" caper. A down-to-Earth, down on his luck, functional illiterate, directionally handicapped, bumbling crook with a heart of tarnished silver.
Dabney Coleman as the aforementioned racist police chief Cecil Tolliver; also running for county office. Stuck in a compromising position, trying his best to unravel the mess he's gotten himself into; all the while "fronting" for the Press as a good guy.
Bob Balaban provides comical "comic relief" as the Hostage Negotiator Dr. R.A. Fink with a blast of his Bob Newhart-style telephone monologue.
A surprisingly good movie from back in 1993.
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pretty dull comedy
Added 9/2/2008
This isn't a BAD movie, but it's not that great either. The whole situation with Samuel Jackson being mistaken for a thief while moving into his house due to the prejudices of the community starts out the film with some decent humor, but once the addition of real crook Nicolas Cage comes in to do cleanup for the chief the story just feels sloppy. Cage and Jackson are A+ as always, really good acting and tremendous fun watching them interact, but it's just not that well written. It could have been much better, but as it is, it is merely okay, having been saved by the great tension and chemistry between Jackson and Cage.
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I love this movie. I have been looking for it forever. I thought it was great of the director to cast two great character actors for this film. I know in most of their movies they are now considered leading men but they started out as great character actors. I also loved Giancarlo Esposito role in this film. His take on Al Sharpton is hilarious.
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Maybe they should have asked Ted and Alice along too...
Added 4/24/2009
Amos & Andrew (1993) The first film directed by writer Max Frye (Something Wild) is sadly a rather tepid message movie/comedy about a black writer (Samuel L. Jackson-Pulp Fiction) who moves onto an island community in New England that is all white. Thereafter, through a complicated set of circumstances, he is shot at, held hostage, etc. all because of the island people's innate prejudices. Nicolas Cage (Honeymoon in Vegas) is Amos Odell, a two-bit criminal enlisted by the island's police chief (Dabney Coleman-Short Time) to help him save face before the next election. It's all overly intricate, and whatever chances the film had at comedy are smothered by the heavy-handed social statements. To top everything else off, a very good supporting cast is given little to do. Also with Brad Dourif (Spontaneous Combustion), Michael Lerner (Barton Fink), and Margaret Colin (Like Father, Like Son).
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awesome film
Added 3/3/2009
this movie was in very good shape if i need to buy another it will be from this company thankyou ever so much
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Funny movie with racial prejudice message coming through loud and clear
Added 11/21/2008
Despite the high jinks, bumbling and fumbling of Dabney Coleman's Cops and that of small-time hood Nicolas Cage, the racial issue between Blacks and Whites was still able to get the message across; that despite our open-mindness, there's still a racial divide in many parts of your country. Of course, you'd have to have just landed on Earth not to realize that.
Still, an entertaining and very funny movie with Samuel L. Jackson as Andrew Sterling, suffering the injustice of a racist police chief and neighbors in his new hometown.
Nicolas Cage as the hard-luck patsy for the cops "spin control" caper. A down-to-Earth, down on his luck, functional illiterate, directionally handicapped, bumbling crook with a heart of tarnished silver.
Dabney Coleman as the aforementioned racist police chief Cecil Tolliver; also running for county office. Stuck in a compromising position, trying his best to unravel the mess he's gotten himself into; all the while "fronting" for the Press as a good guy.
Bob Balaban provides comical "comic relief" as the Hostage Negotiator Dr. R.A. Fink with a blast of his Bob Newhart-style telephone monologue.
A surprisingly good movie from back in 1993.
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