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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 20248
Released: May 25, 1999 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Dustin Hoffman plays a lowlife who happens upon a plane crash and rescues the passengers, but doesn't really care about the value of his deed or the attendant publicity when the media starts searching for the hero. Another fellow (Andy Garcia) steps into the gap and claims credit, and as his life changes for the better he takes on a messianic glow. Geena Davis is the cynical television reporter who pushes the latter's fame in order to keep her story alive, and this film, directed by Stephen Frears (Prick Up Your Ears), takes a few familiar jabs at a manipulative and voyeuristic press. This is essentially an unofficial remake of Meet John Doe, though it is less dramatic and forceful in the end than Frank Capra's classic. Chevy Chase has an oddly anachronistic part as Davis's editor (maybe he thought he really was in Meet John Doe), but the film belongs to Hoffman, who makes his character a slightly cleaned-up version of the actor's own Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. --Tom Keogh
Hero Reviews:
"Pardon The Vulgarity" 
2008-04-23 - The first time I have seen this film was over ten years ago, and recently it been nagging me out of nowhere. I have spent quite some time in getting this film on DVD, which is not available in an open market. Then, yesterday, I finally got a chance to see it once more.
Once again, it did not disappoint me as I really enjoyed watching this movie. It is both humorous and full of good drama. And, I enjoyed the acting on Dustin Hoffman's part as he was delirious, especially his use of "pardon the vulgarity" throughout the movie.
Also from this movie is an insight about the "hero" to which is the famous line as said by John Bubber (played by Andy Garcia): "We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment." That is true when a certain situation calls for that aspect of ourselves to save others or be of great help to others.
Bernie LaPlante (played by Dustin Hoffman) is a man of low character and a thief and a liar, and when a certain moment came, he took a role of the hero. However, afterwards he did not stick around to claim his reward. Then, John Bubber became a new thief by claiming to be the hero while LaPlante spent time in jail.
I will not go further to spoil it except to say that it's very interesting twists and turns, and fun to watch.
Still a great movie after all these years
2008-04-08 - I liked the movie when it first came out and it is still a good one to watch. A timeless story with great actors.
OMG you won't believe how good this is!!
2008-02-09 - Seriously one of our all time favorite movies. Never heard of it when it came out and saw it for the first time about a year ago and knew it was a classic that would be watched over and over again in our house. Acting is over the top great. Keeps you glued to your seat with an amazing plot.
Andy Garcia is yummy
2008-02-02 - Most of the reviewers are commenting on Dustin Hoffman's character. The one to watch in this movie is Andy Garcia. You just want to wrap him up and take him home. What a cutie. This movie is worth watching. It is a fun, "feel-good" movie. Geena Davis is also great.
Great Film - Very Funny!
2008-01-22 - A lowlife loser risks his life and inadvertantly saves a bunch of people trapped in a burning plane.
Dustin Hoffman is terrific as a Ratso Rizzo type adult sleazebag,
and Andy Garcia as a bum who takes credit for the rescue and goes from living in his car to fame as the hero who inspires the country
to have faith in each other.
Geena Davis,Joan Cusack,Chevy Chase and the rest of an excellent cast combine to make a very funny movie that leaves you feeling good at the end
and is watchable again and again.
