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monikamonika804 2012-05-20 01:59:52

"The Funniest Movie of The Year."

I think that this movie was really funny. At first i was not interested init, but my friends made me go, and when i saw it, I went to go see itagainnext time. This movie was a really funny comedy, and i think that everyoneshould see it. This movie is "two thumbs up." I think that the movie wouldprobably be the "funniest movie of the year." Go see it, and trust me youwill like it, because it is hilarious, and incredibly funny!!!!

maarrs 2012-05-19 16:13:45

I could not believe how bad this was !

I am only giving this movie a one out of ten because it actuallyfinished before I ended up a drooling mess in the corner of the room.We found this 'comedy' on TV and thought we would give it a chance cosit had Dana Carvey in it and it might have been entertaining , howwrong we were . This movie was'nt funny , just inane , at one point acharacter has a disguise like grass with a cow poo for a face . Thejokes and situations were weak and when it finished we were saying "what the hell was that all about " Sorry to say we found this a bigwaste of time , but my workmate told me her boyfriend really likes thismovie , so I guess you should watch it and judge for yourselves .

Luna-tic 2012-05-16 03:39:37

What a Disappointment!

Being a big-time Dana Carvey fan, this movie was such a disappointment.This movie does even more damage to Dana's poor track record ofmovies.We all know Dana's strengths as a comedian. He is a great person atperforming different characters and impersonations. So one would thinkthat`The Master of Disguise' is a perfect forum for Dana to showcase histalents. So what could go wrong?Let me start. Most have called this a kid's movie. But is it? I thinkothers mistake a movie that is SO STUPID that it must be a kids movie.Let's just say it was a kid's movie. Which I doubt but let's assume thatDana would make the first kids movie he has ever made and let's assumeHappyMadison productions decides after about 20 or so movies to make a kidsmovie. Why the heck is Dana Carvey targeting kids????? Do any kids evenknow who he is? Do any kids want to go see a kids movie by a guy who wasonSaturday Night Live in the 80's?Anyways, here is my opinion of why this movie was terrible. First of allthe main character was a total: imbecile, moron, dufus, man-child, etc.This Character made Pee Wee Herman seem like James Bond. The character wasso idiotic that it wasn't funny. It was ok for about 5 minutes but he wasthat way the whole movie. He was so dorky that I don't believe anyone inthe movie theater hoped he would get the hot girl. Of course hedid.Even his disguising wasn't funny. Let me give a few details on the TurtleMan. Here's all there was to that gang. Pistachio (Carvey) found a cluethat the bad guy would be at the Turtle Club. So he thinks the best way toget in is to dress like a turtle. When he gets in the club do you thinkhedoes anything clever? Of course not – his character is a moron. Besidesstanding out like a sore thumb in a high class club dressed like a turtleall this moron does do is say `Turtle' over and over again. That is it.Oh, yes he lifts his head in and out of the shell a few times. Picturethisa guy in a turtle costume in a high class club lift his head in and out ofthe shell and saying: `Turtle…….Turtle…..Turtle…..Turtle….Turtle…….' etc.Is that funny? Sounds like reject material for another Happy Madison moviecalled the Animal.This is what I think Dana should of done to correct the script. Do moreimpersonations, less of the `turtle guy' humor (which is all you get). Hehad two somewhat humorous Dana Carvey type parts. One with Dana as GeorgeWBush and another of Carvey playing the Robert Shaw character from Jaws.Buteven there it could have been funnier. But back to my recommendations:More impersonations (not two). And MOST of all the main character shouldhave been played more straight. Maybe even like his characters from hisother movies: Clean Slate or Opportunity Knocks.If you must see a Dana Carvey movie see the Waynes World movies or evenClean Slate and Opportunity Knocks were better. Take if from a fan ofDana's from the SNL days this movie was SO DISAPPOINTING.

Roedy Green 2012-05-15 16:27:48

Goofy Fun

Admittedly, this is a utterly silly movie. However, I laughed my headoff at Dana Carvey dressed as a turtle going into a night club, making"turtle" noises. It is a movie that perhaps needs a little laughing gasor good companionship to help you slip into its groove. Its humour isreminiscent of the Pink Panther scene, where Dreyfus and Clouseau,stoned on nitrous oxide, laugh at Dreyfus's melting face. It is avehicle for Carvey to show off a parade of weird accents, mannerisms,and theatrical false teeth.The running joke is watching people react to Carvey, trying to figureout why he is behaving so bizarrely, but somehow intimidated by hisinsanity.I once read that the best way to get a row of seats to yourself in aplane is simply to chew on a piece of string and let it droop out thecorner of your mouth.Forget you are a film critic. Let the kid in you enjoy this the way youenjoyed Jerry Lewis at the Saturday matinée.

2012-05-14 01:46:37

This is the BEST MOVIE!!!

This is the best movie. Dana Carvey is so funny. I love the "turtle, turtle" part. I was dissapointed because they don't show the part in the movie that is in the commercial. However, even without that part, it was still an awesome movie. I saw it in the movie theater four times, and i bought it the day it came out. If you like funny movies and you wanna laugh, buy this movie!!! It is wonderful

wweed-1 2012-05-13 11:28:52

This has become one of my guilty pleasures!

Relax - enjoy this film. It isn't sophisticated, it isn't art, buteveryone involved goes for it full speed, and it is really prettyfunny. You either get the joke or you don't, but it isn't the horribletrain wreck that some are making it out to be, one of the "third worstcomedies of all time", as has been quoted. And contrary to some otherreviews, Dana Carvey does spend a good amount of time in disguisethroughout the film. My particular favorites are the Turtle Man andGammy Num-Nums.I will admit that some of the disguises will go over the young one'sheads, but the adults will get it and the kids will still laugh.This film is best described as being many of the things you neverthought someone would have the guts to do - and then did. I can't waitfor my son to get a little older so I can show this to him.

Stop_Talking_in_Theatres 2012-05-12 14:15:30

This film made me angry

This is one of the few films that made me mad ... not for any reason otherthan that it took away time from my life when I could have been doingsomething else. Don't get me wrong -- Dana Carvey is a talented guy, butthis movie was simply stupid and unfunny. Just to clarify, I'm one of thefew people I know of who actually *enjoyed* OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ... and Istill found MASTER OF DISGUISE to be very hard to stomach. Stay away fromthis one ... even if you don't have to pay any money to seeit.

p_carter23 2012-05-12 08:44:36

3 words

Worst Movie Ever.Don't even bother wasting your money on this one. Dana Carvy should beashamed of himself for this worthless piece of trash. After 15 minutes Iwanted to leave the theater.1/10

2012-05-10 10:44:03

FUNNY

This review is from: Master of Disguise (DVD) THIS IS A VERY FUNNY MOVIE. IT WAS A GIFT FOR MY NIECE. SHE LOVES IT.

shicaca 2012-05-10 04:44:32

Totally, literally, and utterly HORRID

I would like to start off by saying that 'stupid funny' is what I'm allabout. I absolutely LOVED Austin Powers and all the other stupidly funnymovies I can get my hands on. One of my floor mates rented The Master ofDisguise and at times I wanted to heave my shoe at the TV. Parts made allsofamiliar in the trailers such as Dana repeating over and over and overagain"Turtle, Turtle" was one such instance. Yet another would have to be himsaying, "I want to be a master of disguise". If I had any doubts of howunoriginal and untalented Dana Carvey was, I have none now. I will make itapoint to avoid ALL of his movies. I just wish he hadn't dragged 'Data'downwith Dana, however he DID make a couple of parts in the movie laughable...Avoid this movie at all costs. If you are like me you will want to screamand stop watching it. If I was by myself and rented this movie on someway-way-way-outside chance I would have turned it off right after the"Turtle, Turtle" part no doubt.

bbriggs-3 2012-05-03 04:04:25

Terribly funny

I don't understand how so many people hate this movie! I think it'sjust gang mentality or something because this is a really funny movie.Is it a good movie? Hell no! What kind of fool would walk into "Masterof Disguise" expecting a solid piece of captivating story telling?Master of Disguise is nothing more than a bunch of childish jokes andimpressions that are thrown in for no good reason other than toshowcase carvie's talent. And guess what? they're hilarious! The bestthing about this movie is everyone involved knows the movie is justridiculous but the cast puts everything they've got into it anyway andplay their characters as if they were serious.I could imagine kids would laugh at this like crazy! I love the jokeabout how the disguisees only like women with huge hips and in onescene the dana carvie and his uncle are admiring this fat lady frombehind, but then the lady turns around and its this fat guy with abeard wearing a dress!!! both of them recoil in disgust! Stupid? yesbut it works for some reason. I enjoyed it a lot!

jeanthebean 2012-05-02 05:57:27

Re-assessing my friend

Fortunately, I neither rented nor paid a dime to see this movie. Afriend of mine who I actually like highly recommended it and lent it tome. I must say that I now evaluate everything she says and does in adifferent light. The whole plot is a series of impersonations andcharacters that Dana Carvey can easily handle, but this movie's funnypoints could have been a 3 minute stand-up routine at best. I onlywatched the whole thing to be able to discuss it with my friend. Thehighlights were the Robert Shaw bit and a very small amount of the AlPacino bit. The first time Brent Spiner farted, maybe. But the TurtleClub scene and some of the dialog was so mindless that I refused to letmy six year old watch the movie. It definitely belongs in the bottom100 of all time.

Mikkel Hundewadt-Jensen 2012-05-01 14:39:56

Call me crazy, but I liked it...

But before you chalk this up to being just the ramblings of a madman, achild or both, I would like to assure you that I am a 24 year old male witha broad sense of humor. I can't believe The Master of Disguise got suchharsh reviews. It opened in Denmark nearly a year after it did in America soI had plenty of opportunities to read the bad reviews. But I decided toignore them and to form my own opinion. I went to see it with my sister andI genuinely liked it. Word must have got around, because we were the onlyones there, but on the other hand it was one of the smaller theaters in amultiplex cinema on a workday. Actually it added to the whole experiencebecause we could laugh as loud as we wanted. And boy, did we laugh. Therewere so many funny scenes like The Turtle bit and the all too specificpop-up book, not to mention the slapping dummy. I especially enjoyed thereferences to other movies like when Grandfather Disguisey shows up FatherMerrin style or when Pistachio shows up at Bowman's party disguised as TonyMontana. Another thing I liked was the cameos by for instance Bo Derek. Ithought it was a great movie. The characters were both well cast and acted,furthermore I found that all the jokes were well carried out and none ofthem fell flat, not even Devlin Bowman's flatulence. It's nearly impossibleto miss with a good fart joke.What can I say? Sometimes you just can't rely on critics. I can't wait tosee Malibu's Most Wanted. I know it too got some harsh reviews but I don'tcare. I've seen the trailer and it looks good to me. I'm going. Even if itdoesn't open in the Danish theaters.

2012-05-01 01:17:32

The funniest thing about this movie is the bad reviews

I have repeatedly laughed out loud and now have a side ache from just reading the bad reviews posted here. Talk about great writing! Dana should have spent more time reading reviews here and learned real comedy from the pros! You all deserve a pat on the back. Your responses have more than made up for the money I wasted on this movie. I Thank you.

redlake6 2012-04-23 21:44:51

"Master of Disguise" disguised humor too well

When I saw that Dana Carvey was in "The Master of Disguise," I just hadto see it. He is one of my favorite comics, and I thought he did afabulous job as Garth in "Wayne's World". But when I finally saw thismovie, I couldn't stand it. It was terrible. Absolutely and completelyterrible. There were way too many things overdone in this movie. Therunning "gas" gag was funny the first time, but after that it becamepredictable and in poor taste. Even the ending was too long. It wasalso hard to watch Brent Spiner in the role as Devlin Bowman, becausehe is so much better than that (plus it's hard to see him portrayanyone but Commander Data in the Star Trek series). Don't waste yourmoney folks.

Skeletors_Hood 2012-04-23 19:07:09

It has its moments....

Okay, not the best movie on the face of the planet. Being a Dana Carvey fanhelps when viewing this movie. The characters he portrays are very creativeand serve the purpose they are created for - to showcase Carvey's ability toimpersonate and personify other people and characters. The best one is ofcourse the Turtle Man, who for those renting the DVD, is used more in orderto introduce the deleted scenes.The script itself, well, even the talent of Carvey couldn't disguise howlame it was for the most part. There seems to be little connections betweenscenes, and they waited too long into the movie before Dana's characterstarted with disguising himself, which slowed everything down right from thestart.If you like Carvey, at least give it a watch, because it is entertaining ifyou let it be.

squanjaili 2012-04-19 16:34:57

Absolutely stinko - abysmal waste of a great comedian's talent

This movie is simply unwatchable. A word of advice for those whohaven't seen "The Master of Disguise": for those of you - like me - wholoved Dana Carvey's impressions and comedy on SNL, remember him thatway. I thought he was in the top 5 SNL cast members ever, and it wasalways a mystery to me why Adam Sandler & Chris Rock (fair-to-middlingSNL alumni IMO) became stars while some of the true comedic geniuseslike Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey didn't get top roles. In Mr. Carvey'scase, the mistake of being in this film show that making good choicesis of paramount importance to those aspiring to move on to the bigscreen. The movie is never funny and isn't even "bad" good. It juststinks. He plays a character named "Pistachio Disguisey". COME ON - my5-year-old nephew could come up with a wittier name, and believe me, hewouldn't laugh at even the most infantile jokes in this flick. I defyany adult to even crack a smile. If you do, you must be on acid. AVOIDLIKE THE PLAGUE!

gvit-2 2012-04-18 22:21:17

not for narrow-minded people over 12 years old

I mean, c'mon!! It was supposed to be dumb! My kid laughed and hisfriends laughed and I admit even I laughed at "Who's your Daddy?".After two viewings over the weekend, the kids were quite solemnlyquoting lines and then laughing. OK there's a fart joke too many, bigdeal, Carvey has a good time putting on tons of costumes and followingthe obviously silly story line as if it was something credible. The 2.9average here is completely off base. It's not gonna be anybody'sall-time classic favorite, but the way this film got sent to thecleaner really is almost unique. If you have a roomful of 11 to 13 yearold boys, it's raining and it's absolutely necessary to kill a coupleof hours, you'd probably rate really high if you brought this back fromthe rental shop.

2012-04-18 05:41:22

VERY FUNNY MOVIE!

This movie is hilarious! I loved everything about it and the costume changes Pistachio does are cool! My favorite part of the movie was were Pistachio is dressed as one of the characters from Jaws and is in the middle of the fish pond in a boat.It was hilarious!

2012-04-17 20:41:54

Dana Carvey: Worst Writer ever!

This review is from: Master of Disguise (DVD) When I first watched this movie I thought it looked absolutely ridiculous. But I figured, since I watched it from the middle, if I watched it from the beginning, I would understand the story better, no such luck. The problem, I finally concluded, was that the story was just terrible. Dana Carvey tries and fails to construct a plot, with the main character disguising, as stated by the title, to get information on who kidnapped his father. The problem, all his disguises are completely absurd and have no impact whatsoever on the story. In fact, all his disguises do is get him into trouble. Trying to construct a chase scene resulted in a nonsensical chase between the main protaganist and the antagonists henchmen. first they chase the protaganist disguised as a disruptive partygoer and then suddenly they realize what he really looks like without actually seeing his face. The plot was very simple and it seemed like carvey was trying to sqeeuze in the disguising just to justify the title. The power the Disguises had, called energico was very terribly explained and the ending with it, the dark side, please! in fact the story makes practically no sense, is so stereotypical, and has anything short of stimulating. That in fact, is what makes it funny. The jokes and puns are so painfully bad it's hilarious. The story might not make an iota of sense but I realized I didn't mind it one bit. Dana Carvey might be a terrible writer, but one thing can be said about him: he's a comedian. The story may suck, but boy is it funny!!! Not enough to justify a sequel but a great stand alone movie!