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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 11464
Released: February 14, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The star of Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day headlines and co-directs this uproarious Big Apple heist-and-pursuit caper. Bill Murray plays Grimm, a frazzled urbanite who disguises himself as a clown - and sets out to rob a bank. Geena Davis and Randy Quaid play accomplices in Grimm's daring scheme and Jason Robards is the blustery cop caught up in Grimm's "Clown Day Afternoon." Swiping a million bucks is a snap compared to getting out of town. Grimm and cohorts commandeer a car, a cab, a bus, a baggage tram and a plane (and encounter future stars Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub in hilarious supporting roles) to make what becomes for them a less-than-merry escape. But for comedy lovers, Quick Change is a ticket to ride!
Quick Change Reviews:
Great Comedy 
2009-09-12 - if you like What about Bob and Groundhog day then you'll like this film to. This is a tab bit more intellegent but still funny.
Good service 
2009-06-27 - My shipment arrived sooner than expected and I paid a very reasonable price. Couldn't be happier in finding a 'hard to find' item.
Good Mix Of Clever and Silly
2009-04-13 - This is a clever and entertaining comedy that has some dramatic and romantic touches as well. It's almost two movies-in-one: a dramatic holdup and a comic getaway. The holdup scene does has comedy but is more dramatic. It reminded me of the '70s classic "Dog Day Afternoon" in which the hostages are kept by a couple of robbers and the crooks demand the normal assortment of getaway vehicles. Except in here, ringleader Bill Murray wants a "monster truck" along with everything else. You know with Murray you are going to get outrageous humor and satire.
****spoilers alert**** Anyway, the bulk of the film concerns what happens after the trio - Murray, Randy Quaid and Geena Davis -escape from the holdup scene. The bottom line is that they just can't get out of New York City. One disaster after another keeps happening, and it's all kind funny (and frustrating!). The ending I won't spoil.
Murray plays his normal wise-guy role and Quaid is good as the emotional slapstick-type buffoon. Davis complements the two with her coolness and eye candy for the male audience. Veteran Jason Robards plays the chief detective on the case, and shows comedic touches of his own.
What also is fun to watch nowadays is Tony Shalhoub. When this film came out, hardly anyone knew him. Now he's famous as "Monk" on the television series of the same name. In this film, he plays an Arabic cab driver and you have to see this performance to believe it! A couple of other familiar faces also show up in here, including Bob Elliot from the old radio duo of "Bob and Ray."
There is no sex, no bloodshed, just a lot of jokes but the "R" rating ought to tell you something about the language in here.
Boring 
2009-03-04 - I was hoping for an overlooked gem but found a well deserved overlooked film. They kept wandering around town after a bank heist and had stuff happen to them in different situations. This never changed for the better. It had potential.
Strangely overlooked gem
2008-05-19 - 4 stars (why can't we change star ratings after putting the wrong one in?)
I still can't understand why more folks don't know about this flick, one of Bill's better moments. That he also co-directed etc makes it even more impressive. Anyone at all familiar with New York in the 80s will crack up at the Apple humor (this movie is a sly hate letter to NYC), but the plot and its twists are the real stars here, along with all three leads (though Quaid is so good at being annoying that he really becomes annoying!). It starts out fast and slows down, but its 90-minute length keeps it from getting boring. Funny, suspenseful, smart and unique, with a great ending, Quick Change deserves more respect.
