I SPY
"Murphy and Wilson are undeniably funny actors, and when things click
between them, as they do at least once in 'I Spy,' actual laughter
results. Most of the time, however, the most impressive acting they
do is pretend there is a real movie here for them to star in. There
is not." --Kenneth Turan, The
Los Angeles Times
"Hollywood's Thanksgiving turkey arrives today--27 days early--in
the gobbling guise of the heavily hyped, brain-dead comedy, 'I Spy'...crass
and witless...The fights are poorly staged, the chases are boring--and
a series of crashes and explosions can't disguise that absolutely
nothing of interest is going on for long stretches." --Lou
Lumenick, The New York Post
"Totally implausible situations. Jokes that fall flatter than the
news that your pension fund was invested in Enron. And the vague feeling
that you're lost in the desert...it makes the worst use possible of
Eddie Murphy's enormous comic gifts...Wilson, whose ironic detachment
melds not at all with Murphy's far more friendly/ needy humor, is
an example of talent tossed on the scrap heap." --John
Anderson, Newsday
"Mr. Murphy is still doing the all-id hostility of Buddy Love, the
swampy-depths alter ego of 'The Nutty Professor.' It's a shame to
see him treading water after proving he could act and still light
up a theater with hilarity in the 'Professor' pictures...Given that
the stars are constantly battling to one-up each other with their
wildly varying performance techniques, there's not really a moment
when they connect...Even the handful of moments that are amusing feel
recycled from old sketches of Mr. Murphy's." --Elvis
Mitchell, The New York Times
"The main attraction is the byplay between Wilson and Murphy, and
a little of this duo goes a long way...Murphy is in full-throttle
'Saturday Night Live' mugging mode here, which means he has some inspired
moments and lots where he's trying to get by on bluster and that jackass
smile from 'Shrek.' Wilson's at a more even keel, but he's so completely
out-shouted and out-flashed by Murphy that he often looks like an
extra wandering around in their scenes."--Jack
Mathews, The New York Daily News
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