![]() ![]() Not many people I've talked to have seen "Quick Change". The jokes and story were good enough on their own and didn't need all the profanity. In this film, he plays an Arabic cab driver and you have to see this performance to believe it! A couple of other familiar faces also show up in here, including Bob Elliot from the old radio duo of "Bob and Ray." There is no sex, no bloodshed, just a lot of jokes but the "R" rating ought to tell you something about the language in here. Now he's famous as "Monk" on the television series of the same name. When this film came out, hardly anyone knew him. What also is fun to watch nowadays is Tony Shalhoub. Veteran Jason Robards plays the chief detective on the case, and shows comedic touches of his own. Davis complements the two with her coolness and eye candy for the male audience. For some reason, the scene in which Quaid runs full-tilt into a newspaper stand and knocks himself out almost had me in tears laughing. Murray plays his normal wise-guy role and Quaid is good as the emotional slapstick-type buffoon. One disaster after another keeps happening, and it's all kind funny (and frustrating!). ![]() The bottom line is that they just can't get out of New York City. Anyway, the bulk of the film concerns what happens after the trio - Murray, Randy Quaid and Geena Davis - after they successfully escape the holdup. ![]() You know with Murray you are going to get outrageous humor and satire. Except in here, ringleader Bill Murray wants a "monster truck" along with everything else. It reminded me of the '70s classic "Dog Day Afternoon" in which the hostages are kept by a couple of robbers and the crooks demand the normal assortment of getaway vehicles. The holdup scene does has comedy but is more dramatic. It's almost two movies-in-one: a dramatic holdup and a comic getaway. This is a clever and entertaining comedy that has some dramatic and romantic touches as well. ![]()
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