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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)

Directed by:
Arthur Hiller
COUNTRY
USA

GENRE
Comedy

NORWEGIAN TITLE
Intet sett, intet hørt

RUNNING TIME
103 minutes

Produced by:
Marvin Worth
Written by:
Earl Barrett
Arne Sultan
Eliot Ward
Andrew Kurtzman
Gene Wilder


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Wally Richard Pryor ½
Dave Gene Wilder
Eve Joan Severance -
Kirgo Kevin Spacey -
Braddock Alan North -
Sutherland Anthony Zerbe -
Mitzie Lauren Tom -
Scotto John Capodice -

 

Review

Sometimes a silly idea and a couple of talented comedians can be enough to make a good movie, and for See No Evil, Hear No Evil, the third teaming of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor after Silver Streak and Stir Crazy, it almost is. They both come off as slightly worn versions of their former selves (Prior with good reason as it were), but there's a certain appreciation in the air between them and they are able to muster enough energy to make the film quite enjoyable despite the script's obvious shortcomings. An idea such as this – a blind man, a deaf man and a murder – should all but guarantee a number of funny situations and lines. And although there certainly are a few in here ("Are you kidding? Fuzzy Wuzzy was a woman?"), there are all too far between. The enjoyable musical score is by former Police member Stewart Copeland.

Copyright © 01.09.1996 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
(English version: © 03.01.2024 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang)