Danny Devito Movie:

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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Penny Marshall directed this well-intentioned drama-comedy about a middle-aged advertising executive (Danny DeVito) whose heart has never been in his work. Fired for incompetence, DeVito's character is on the skids; but then comes an unusual job offer: Teach a bunch of boot-camp army recruits to read and think. The first-time teacher leads the uniformed men and women to an appreciation of Shakespeare, but he still has to grapple with his own problems with commitment and responsibility. Watching this film is like staring at a pool of broken eggs that never quite becomes an omelet. The story's promise is always there, but the satisfaction never quite comes. Still, there are some nice moments, and the whole thing works better on video than it did in the theaters. --Tom Keogh

Renaissance Man [Region 2] Reviews:
Danny at this best!
2009-12-10 - I don't know if Danny made movies before his TV "Taxi" days, but I am glad he went to the big screen. I have probably seen all his movies, but it wasn't until I saw this one did I realize just how great an actor Danny truly is. He teachs a bunch of Army misfits and turns them into 'lean, mean, learning machines'. Not by just giving assignments in Shakespeare to be completed, but by making them want to do them and understand Shakespeare's mind and his character development. By the end it will be just another "feel good movie" for sure. But don't let any review stop you from seeing this one. Hopefully it will strike you as it did me; a movie to watch over and over, and not just at 3 a.m.

Renaissance Man
2009-12-01 - This movie, Renaissance Man, is an entertaining movie that actually makes the Shakespeare Play, Hamlet, interesting. Danny DeVito is funny as a man who has to take a job teaching the "stupid" recruits and, through the use of his literary love of Shakespeare, is able to inspire them to "be all they can be". Not meant to be an epic movie or life-changing, it's just the kind of movie I like; just right for an evening in with family and a bag of popcorn.

Long search
2009-09-24 - I was glad to have found this movie here. I have the movie on VHS and was surprised to have found it on dvd. I was very please with the price of it as well.

The sweetest movie...
2009-08-17 - This one is an oldie, but a goodie. Danny Devito plays Bill Rago, an out of work advertising agent who lands a job as a teacher in Army Boot Camp for the "double D's" the kids that just don't quite comprehend well. Through a series of hilarious moments, teaches them about life through "Hamlet" and self respect by never giving them a pass - they must learn it all the way.

This movie also features the late Gregory Hines as the drill SGT who also must learn that victory isn't only for the battlefield.

A must see, a classic, absolutely hilarious.

Unfunny comedy
2009-08-11 - The Bottom Line:

A terrible and overlong "comedy'/inspirational-teacher-film starring a schtick-happy Danny DeVito as a down-at-heel ad man who takes a job teaching Shakespeare to soldiers at boot camp (the movie never really explains why the military needs its soldiers to know Hamlet), Renaissance Man is often laughably bad and never anything more than bearable; rightfully forgotten, it's a movie to actively avoid.

2/4