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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 3170
Released: October 19, 1999 |
| Our Price: $6.19 |
| Used Price: $3.25 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
FAST TALKING RAYFORD GIBSON AND THE CONSERVATIVE CLAUDE BANKS ARE ACCIDENTALLY TEAMED UP TO BECOME THE FUNNIEST ODD COUPLE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. WHEN THEY TRAVEL SOUTH ON A BOOTLEGGING RUN FOR SOME QUICK CASH AND GET PLACED AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME, THEIR COMICAL MISFORTUNES LAND THEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE.
Description of Life:
Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy play it surprisingly straight in this film by director Ted Demme. Though there are laughs to be had, this is a story about perseverance in the face of a life of disappointment (yet the film was sold as a prison comedy). But Stir Crazy this isn't. Rather, Lawrence and Murphy play a couple of New Yorkers making a moonshine run from New York to Mississippi during the Prohibition who find themselves framed for murder and sentenced for life to a prison chain gang. As they age, the two become close friends, although the strait-laced Lawrence always resents the free-wheeling Murphy for getting him into the situation in the first place. Ultimately, these two men learn to find meaning where they can, taking value from friendship and their limited ability to affect the lives of others. At times preachy, it ends on an upbeat note; the film's biggest laughs are reserved for the final section, in which Lawrence and Murphy don age makeup and play octogenarians. --Marshall Fine
Life Reviews:
good movie but not as funny 
2009-10-02 - This is a great movie but it is adverstised as comedy and it has more drama than comedy. Two of my favorite comedians, Martin Laurence and Eddy Murphy are excellent, but the movie is not as funny and it looks on the cover.
Great 
2009-05-26 - This was A gift. It was a good surprise. Keep up the good work I received this movie really quickly.
hmmm
2009-04-08 - Great Movie, I didn't give it a 5 stars because it reminded me the injustice of the South at the time. Overall a fun movie to watch not the best.
Boring! Boring! Boring! 
2009-02-17 - Sometimes it runs like a bad comedy, sometimes like an awful depressing drama. AVOID IT !
That's Life
2009-02-13 -
I loved this movie . The characters are great and to see people age during incarceration was quite a journey.
Lots of hidden metaphors about making bad judgements , the company one keeps and the horror of entrapment .
Makes one want to live their life on the outside joyfully.
A fan
