Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Predrag This is a very very funny film that has gone by almost unnoticed. The plot is simple, all life on earth will be dead in a few years if Jim Belushi cannot get John Ritter, a milquetoast, that he has it in him to save the world. Simple. Along the way you meet a rogue CIA group dressed as clowns, aliens from another world who want a glass of water and the KGB. I say this all matter of factly because that is exactly the attitude that Jim Belushi's character does. He's seen it all before and the hilarity comes when you take someone who has never had an exciting experience in this life (Ritter) and team him with someone that has had so many crazy and wild adventures that even saving the world is mundane. This is a great satire on our national security.John Ritter is one of the greatest comedic actors of all time and Belushi is in top form as well. A perfect cast all around. What's really fun about this movie is how the characters change. John Ritter starts off a wimp and turns into a tough guy just as Belushi changes from tough guy into a wimp! The cultural references to the time period are well placed (Cold War Era) and most importantly, the movie is unique and original. The laughs are abundant.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

p-webster-2 I first saw this film whilst visiting the States at the age of 15. Unfortunately I missed the start (which meant I didn't know the name of the film and was kinda important plot wise) but I still really enjoyed it. Years later I stumbled across it being shown on ITV here and thus discovered the films name. I caught it from the start, and being that little bit older, enjoyed it even more.Belushi's character is superb and he delivers his lines with perfect timing, "I only smoke after sex" "oh not that much then"...."about a pack a day." Not wanting to make a big thing out of this, I can only recommend if you haven't seen it to give it a try - you'll be using the quotes for years to come.Enjoy.

Woodyanders This pleasingly wry'n'dry send-up of incredibly far-fetched spy action/adventure yarns, male bonding and hearty, breast-beating, chest-thumping "look man, ain't I so cool" machismo hits the enjoyably droll bull's eye more often than not, thanks largely to writer/director Dennis Feldman's deliciously deadpan, nonchalant, off-handed comic style and the breezy, effortless, finely judged rapport between stars James Belushi and the late, great, sorely missed John Ritter. The frequently annoying Belushi is more tolerable than usual as absurdly smooth, sharp, insightful, intelligent, resourceful, extremely confidant and phlegmatic, but overly hard and insensitive fearless federal agent Nick Pirandello, who enlists the reluctant aide of twerpy, mild-mannered, extremely passive and insecure ordinary shmoe office worker Bob Wilson (an ideally cast John Ritter) in order to assist him on a top secret government mission. You see, Wilson is a dead ringer for a fed killed in the line of duty, so he's needed to replace the deceased fellow for a crucial meeting with a bunch of alien beings who in exchange for a drink of water will give us humans pertinent information pertaining to our planet's very survival. Naturally, both the evil Russians and a band of renegade CIA agents are determined to foil our heroes' important mission. Moreover, during the course of the perilous mission Bob rediscovers his backbone while Nick gets back in touch with his softer, more tender feelings.While on occasion the picture's casual sense of oddball humor is a bit too relaxed to the point where it almost cancels out the whole movie, the many genuinely inspired bizarre touches and quirky moments (Nick's father turns out to be a busty, aggressively lascivious transsexual riotously played by none other than Dyanne "Ilsa" Thorne, several enemy agents dressed in clown outfits attack Nick and Bob in a back alley, and Nick picks up a seemingly demure woman in a bar who turns out to be a vicious leather-clad, whip-wielding dominatrix!), Feldman's surefooted direction, John A. Alonzo's crisp cinematography, Miles Goodman's bouncy, twangy, harmonic country swing score, the mock-serious, pseudo matter-of-fact tongue-in-cheek tone, and the fleet, playfully jumpin' pace keep this one appropriately amusing and animated throughout.

alegault Earlier in the movie Bob asks Nick why the glass has to be a special presidential glass and Nick tells him that it's for publicity. When the spacemen travel around with it, America will get publicity. But at the end of the movie after the spaceman drinks the water, he gives Bob the glass back. Not much publicity will happen if the YUFO'S don't have the glass. I figured this was the biggest 'goof' because it was a mess-up in the all-around plot of the movie.One of my favorite flicks by the way. Not known NEARLY as widely as it deserves to be. John Ritter's acting is amazing. Belushi is at his best. Also I find it brilliant that they had Dyanne Thorne from the Isla movies play Belushi's sex-changed, war-veteran dad. So funny.My favorite line is probably after the Russian negotiator calls Bob a "Poor Slovnichski" (along those lines) when Nick asks her what kind of position to expect in the KGB if he gives up the map and the negotiator replies; "Colonel." then Bob butts in "No way! Nuh-uh. That's a deal-breaker! No. Forget it. The deal is off. Take a WALK-ski! I bust a gut every time.