The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Burt Young, Dennis Quaid, Eddie Murphy
The Adventures of Pluto Nash was shelved for nearly two years, and when it was finally released, hardly anyone noticed. In the interim, Eddie Murphy made the marginally better Showtime and started fishing for a career revival that wasn't a sequel to his previous hits. In the satirical,... (read more) The Adventures of Pluto Nash was shelved for nearly two years, and when it was finally released, hardly anyone noticed. In the interim, Eddie Murphy made the marginally better Showtime and started fishing for a career revival that wasn't a sequel to his previous hits. In the satirical, lunar-colony hash of Pluto Nash, Murphy's a variant of Casablanca's Rick Blaine in the year 2087, happily running the moon's hottest nightclub, refusing a buyout offer from a greedy gambler, and suffering the consequences with his sidekick robot (Randy Quaid in yet another thankless role) and newest employee (Rosario Dawson, before doing similar time in Men in Black II). A visual hybrid of Total Recall and A.I., this nearly laughless comedy would be a total write-off if it weren't for Murphy's stalwart attempt to jump-start the flagging humor. He's got the chops of a superstar, but only when his collaborators are on the same page. --Jeff Shannon
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PG-13
Directed by:
Ron Underwood
Release Date: Aug 16, 2002
DVD Release Date: Dec 24, 2002
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I just bought the biggest bomb in box-office history, and I can't wait to watch it.
Watched about half of this and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Juvenile at best. Avoid at all costs.
I don't even remember what is movie was about. I don't think anyone even remembers without reading the plot of the story off wikipedia, it that bad. The whole movie just looked ridiculous to the space crafts to the space suits. When you looking the l... (read more) I don't even remember what is movie was about. I don't think anyone even remembers without reading the plot of the story off wikipedia, it that bad. The whole movie just looked ridiculous to the space crafts to the space suits. When you looking the list of the cast, it doesn't look too shabby but they really didn't much for the movie. Okay, the villain is a clone of...wait for it, yes himself. HOW ORIGINAL!!!
I've got to see this, just for the history of it. Biggest money loser in American film history. 100 million cost, 4 million gross. Unbelievable.
I really wanted to see that movie since an episode of Robot Chicken in which August 16 was established as Pluto Nash Day when over 57 lives were lost due to the movie.
It was nominated as Worst "Comedy" of the last 25 Years at Razzie Awards. I now u... (read more) I really wanted to see that movie since an episode of Robot Chicken in which August 16 was established as Pluto Nash Day when over 57 lives were lost due to the movie.
It was nominated as Worst "Comedy" of the last 25 Years at Razzie Awards. I now understand why.
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A dreadfully unfunny hybrid of recycled science fiction and Eddie Murphy mugging.full review
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