Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

In a desperate attempt to keep his job as the director of the CIA "Ross" (Charles Durning) directs his assistant "Brown" (Edward Herrmann) to select a person at random and falsely suggest to his main rival "Cooper" (Dabney Coleman) that this innocent bystander has secret information that might thwart Cooper's political ambitions. To that end, Brown selects an eccentric musician named "Richard" (Tom Hanks) because he is wearing one red shoe due to a practical joke played on him by his best friend "Morris" (James Belushi). As expected, Cooper takes the bait and immediately puts all of his resources into finding out what Richard knows. However, what Cooper doesn't realize is the difficulty his agents encounter when they submerge themselves into Richard's bizarre life. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie started off a bit slow but got pretty funny towards the end with Morris deservedly having to endure his share of comedic mishaps. Admittedly, this wasn't a great comedy by any means but I still found it entertaining enough and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

If there is a lesson to be learned by Hollywood is not to try to remake whatever was already made, and better. Which seems to be a lesson American movie people seem to forget. The criteria might be that the original film didn't reach a wide American audience, thus the reason for the remake, but frankly, neither Stan Dragoti, the director, or Robert Klane, its adapter, put a dent in what Francis Vever and Yves Robert achieved with the original.Then again, if one hasn't seen the French film of the same name, this comedy will appear to be the real thing. In fact, there are hardly any laughs in the film. The best sequence involves the Richard and Maddy in the seduction scene where some of her hair is caught in a zipper.In a way, this was Tom Hanks' third film as a lead man. One can't blame him because he is bogged down by a screen play that could have been better. Tom Hanks pales in comparison with the original Pierre Richard, who was a better comedian.The cast shows several familiar faces, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Edward Herrmann, John Belushi, but ultimately the ones that fare better in the film are Lori Singer and Carrie Fisher in smaller roles, but ones that afford these two actress good opportunities in which to shine.Stick with the original version if you can find it in DVD format.

There are many different excuses to laugh, and any film that gives us one of them falls into that big bucket we call comedy.I don't suppose anyone knows much about what makes us laugh, but like yesterday's stock market results, everyone seems to have an opinion about failed comedy. This is a classic failed comedy, regardless of whether you thought the original French film successful.The story is that a crew of trained professionals mistakenly assume one thing and then grind that conclusion quite literally to death. The same thing happened to the crew that made this stinker.The women are marginally interesting. Lori singer was a real string player; here she plays the prostituting spy to a string player. Carrie Fisher was deep into her skinny drugged out highly sexed period and plays someone much the same (with a reference to Princess Leia and the wookie).Hanks only once in a rare while really tries to act. This isn't one of those times. My own theory is that he needs a challenging director.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

This movie is a textbook example of why movies shouldn't be remade! The original film, "Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe", Starring Yves Robert, was the quintessential French film: light-hearted espionage with a hapless hero, and petty, scheming bureaucrats. None this translates well to American audiences, but rather than add American idiosyncracies or do things which the original filmmakers never had time or money to do, they simply rehashed the entire film. Pathetic.Hanks is wasted as Richard Drew, a shy, unassuming violin player. His entire life is dull when compared to his French Predecessor. Yves Roberts' character, Pierre Richard, was quirky, but bold enough to carry on an extra-marital affair with his friend's wife (a true Frenchman!). Hanks outrightly refuses Paula (Carrie Fisher)'s hussy ways, clinging to American Puritan virtues! Likewise, Fisher is another wasted talent!Perhaps the biggest waste of all is Jim Belushi. Unlike Jean Carmet's Maurice, who tries to stoically carry on despite being the target of French Intelligence services, Belushi's Morris (notice the Americanized characters?) stumbles through the film, totally unaware of what's going on around him; ready to kill Hanks in one scene, and then crawling to him for comfort in the next. There are very few remakes of films which have been successful--but those that were achieved it by what can best be described as A Noble Contradiction: remaining faithful to the original story, while simultaneously moving in a different direction. Take "Heaven Can Wait", for example, a remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". Were you aware that the first film--HCMJ--was in fact a remake of a stage play, titled "Heaven Can Wait"? You see? Warren Beatty (who both directed and starred) must have done his research. The core of the story is the same, but with intriguing differences.But this was not done in "Man With One Red Shoe". The core of the story was the same, the names were virtually the same, but the characters were flat and lifeless. Take note, Hollywood. You blew it!