The Man with One Red Shoe

It is a mystery to me why this movie has such a low rating. Anyone who would enjoy Tom Hanks (and thus, a decent flick) should love this movie. Not only is it funny, action-packed, and suspenseful (a rare combination), it boasts an all-star cast all along the way. A unique film, shot on location in beautiful Georgetown, with tons of excitement, zany plot-twists, and interesting characters to spare. If you have yet to see it, check it out now!

The one who saw Le grand blond avec une chaussure noir, the original, should not waste his time with this film because he will be disappointed. The original had Pierre Richard, who fit much better in the role of the victim, he had Jean Rochefort , who played an excellent role as an intriguer and had an excellent soundtrack composed by Vladimir Cosma, with the wonderful flute performance of Gheorghe Zamfir. The American version had nothing attractive.

The good: Tom Hanks and Lori Singer. Tom Hanks did star in many similar silly comedies at the beginning of his career. His goofyness, clumsiness and innocence are still charming. Lori Singer simply is beauty in gold. The bad: this is almost slapstick and not the best kind of slapstick. It's so childish that I often did cringe. Nothing out of the ordinary, just another silly Tom Hanks comedy, only worth a watch for the diehard Tom Hanks fans.

So sue me if I come across as a hormone driven male, but the most redeeming quality of this movie is seeing Carrie Fischer (before she started aging, and she really hasn't aged all that well...) in a leopard skin bikini. Otherwise, you've got Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, and Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley in a mildly humorous spy movie about a man (Hanks), a stereotypical 'disheveled genius', who is mistaken for a spy by the US government. Predictable slapstick comedy ensues. It's certainly not a bad movie, and it has some moments, but it's not something that will stick in your mind.

It is a mystery to me why this movie has such a low rating. Anyone who would enjoy Tom Hanks (and thus, a decent flick) should love this movie. Not only is it funny, action-packed, and suspenseful (a rare combination), it boasts an all-star cast all along the way. A unique film, shot on location in beautiful Georgetown, with tons of excitement, zany plot-twists, and interesting characters to spare. If you have yet to see it, check it out now!

A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA surveillance and pursuit. As Tom Hanks himself acknowledges, the movie is not that good. The plot is okay, but a bit convoluted. The comedy is more often of the absurd kind, and I am not sure it always succeeds. Jim Belushi is rather the strong point of the comedy parts. Also, as 1980s movies end to do, a romance is thrown in for some reason... it seems somewhat forced. What makes this movie worth watching, despite the "blah" of the overall plot and comedy, is the ensemble cast. Tom Hanks may be the star, but he probably doesn't have 50% of the screen time, because he is sharing it with Dabney Coleman, Jim Belushi, Carrie Fisher (in a small role), Charles Durning, Ed Hermann, Lori Singer, Gerrit Graham and more I'm not recalling at the moment. It is a truly impressive cast.

Remake of the 1972 French comedy "The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe" hasn't the flair needed for sophisticated spy comedy, and so instead fizzles a bit despite a colorful cast. Tom Hanks is green and occasionally shrill as a concert violinist who is mistaken for a spy by the CIA and is completely unaware that he is being followed, photographed and shot at; Lori Singer struggles with a real puzzler of a role as a beautiful agent(always back-lit)who has to seduce Hanks--but she seems so fed up with his bumbling that their romance comes as something of a shock. Jim Belushi has some fun as Hanks' musician buddy whose wife is cheating on him, but Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning and Carrie Fisher are all wasted.