The Master of Disguise

                                               This is my first review of a very bad movie.

    My favorite SNL cast member is the talented Dana Carvey.  He does great imitations, that's my opinion. He does great characters on SNL like Garth from Wayne's World, The Church Lady, The Grumpy Old Man on Weekend Update, and Hans from Pumpin' Up with Hans and Franz.

     But the movie I'm gonna review that he did, NOT HIS BEST WORK. This movie is called The Master of Disguise. It also stars Jennifer Esposito (The Affair), Harold Gould (The Sting) and Brent Spiner (Independence Day and Star Trek: Next Generation).

      Pistachio Disguisey (great name, NOT) is a sweet natured Italian server at a restaurant owned by his father Fabbrizo (what kind of name is that?). He belongs to a family who is magically skilled at being masters of disguise. One day, a criminal mastermind, Devlin Bowman, kidnaps Fabbrizo in an attempt to steal the world's precious treasures. Now, Pistachio has to inherit the power to become the master of disguise in order to save the day. (Let's see how that goes...)

  Without a doubt, thumbs down. One of the worst movies I've ever seen. In fact, it holds a 1% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes.  The storyline isn't that good. The humor is too cheap, and there's too many fart jokes. I really can't stand toilet humor. The main problem is that Dana Carvey got too carried away with his talent of impressions. He can do better than this. I mean, if they do another Wayne's World, that would be better, but I doubt seeing that happening. 

  

PARENTS GUIDE: There's some raunchy humor every here and there such as a reference to private parts. Not much profanity. Lots of slapping violence, since the characters, for some reason, don't believe in fighting with fists. 

DID YOU KNOW?: Dana Carvey made this movie for his children, because at the time, he didn't made any family friendly movies. This was Dana Carvey's last film appearance until 2011 in another terrible movie, Jack and Jill with Adam Sandler and Al Pacino. 

The many characters of Dana Carvey. To see this clip, click here

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/opening-monologue/2870408

To see this clip, click here

                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxekvLlQYY

The Graduate

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" 

   
     This iconic film is one of my all time favorites. Dustin Hoffman's big break in Mike Nichol's production of The Graduate. Also starring Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker and To Be or Not To Be) as Mrs. Robinson, and Katherine Ross (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid).
     This is the story of Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman), a college graduate who isn't sure what to do with his future. During a welcome home party, Mrs. Robinson takes Benjamin to her home and seduces him. This leads into an affair between the two. They meet regularly in a hotel. One day, Mrs. Robinson warned Benjamin to stay away from her daughter, Elaine (Katherine Ross). But Ben's father (William Daniels from Boy Meets World) goads him to go out with Elaine. It was then that Ben fell in love with Elaine. But when Elaine found out that he's having an affair with her mother, she wants nothing to do with Ben. As much as I want to tell more of the story, I'm not gonna give away the ending. But the ending, by the way, is awesome. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
    I love this movie. It's well filmed, the story moves you, and the music by Simon & Garfunkel is great. I especially love Dustin Hoffman's performance in this movie. I've seen him in other excellent performances in Tootsie, Rain Man and Hook. But I think The Graduate is my favorite Dustin Hoffman movie.
               

       PARENTS GUIDE: In my opinion, I think this movie should be rated PG-13 for these reasons: Mrs. Robinson and Benjamin, who is 20 to 21 in the movie, have a sexual affair and is intended that they made love in a few scenes. Also, there's some brief nudity. There's some language in the movie and some violence at the end of the movie. 

        DID YOU KNOW?: Dustin Hoffman was originally set to be in Mel Brook's movie The Producers when an opportunity to audition for this movie came up. Robert Redford screen tested with Candace Bergen for the lead. He was rejected by Mike Nichols because he didn't think Redford could nail the role as Benjamin. 

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