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The Adventures Of Pluto Nash [2002]
from Warner Home Video
starring Eddie Murphy, Jay Mohr, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano
directed by Ron Underwood

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

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 humour. He's got the chops of a superstar, but only when his collaborators are on the same page. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• An unusual Eddie Murphy film, but I like it
  After watching the trailer for this film it looked like it was well worth taking a look at this film as I thought it could be a sleeper, on first viewing I thought I was wrong.
  I do like Eddie Murphy, but he's not the most consistent actor in Hollywood when it comes to his choice of film to make.
  There are lots of faces that people will recognise, a strangely restrained Randy Quaid, Joe Pantoliano, an unfunny role for the late great Peter Boyle and good turns by both John Cleese and Luis Guzman,... more info

• Don't buy it for the laughs, buy it for the sheer style
  I wouldn't call this a "nearly laughless comedy," but it isn't Eddie Murphy's funniest movie. Plot-wise, it's a bit on the thin side, and if you've read the other reviews, you know pretty much all you need to know without having any surprises spoiled for you. Once again, Eddie Murphy is playing a heck of a nice guy who wants to make the universe a better place and gets into some bizarre scrapes along the way. Same old, same old, right?
  Not exactly. Yeah, fine, it's set on the moon, in the future. But... more info

• YET ANOTHER EDDIE FILM
  NOT HIS BEST BUT I LIKE HIM ANY WAY,
  IF YOU ARE INTO EDDIE THEN YOU WILL LIKE IT .
  IF NOT STAY CLEAR

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