Amos & Andrew (1993)
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21% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(7,549 ratings)
When African-American professional Andrew Sterling (Samual L. Jackson) moves into a summer home on an up-tight all-white New England resort island, the snoopy white neighbors are sure he must be breaking and entering. They call the cops who get too rambunctious and break into Sterling's limo,… More When African-American professional Andrew Sterling (Samual L. Jackson) moves into a summer home on an up-tight all-white New England resort island, the snoopy white neighbors are sure he must be breaking and entering. They call the cops who get too rambunctious and break into Sterling's limo, tripping its security alarm. When Sterling shows up to stop the alarm and pulls out his keys to open the car, a skittish cop thinks he's pulling a gun and opens fire. Now things are really a mess, because not only have these cops screwed up big-time, they've screwed up big-time in an election year when their Police Chief (Dabney Coleman) just happens to be running for re-election. This mess-up smacks too much as a race-inspired melee, so Chief Tolliver arranges a cover-up to keep his reputation intact. He hires a drifter to pose as a thief so the cops will have a legitimate reason for "protecting" the vacationing Sterling. Things continue to complicate in this airbrush farce, that attempts to lighten with laughter, the delicate and combustible subject of American race relations. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- E. Max Frye
- Written By
- E. Max Frye
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 5, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Lawrence Cohn, Variety
A one-joke sketch that doesn't work as a feature.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Cage is the only actor allowed to do riffs on his assigned part, something he takes full advantage of; the others are stuck with their two-dimensional satirical profiles, which grow increasingly tiresome and unyielding.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
A hhandicapped satirical farce whose roots are not in life but in other, better movies and sitcoms.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
A very funny little film with big pleasures, and a most promising debut.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Although the movie strives mightily to teach its lesson, which is that you cannot judge a man by the color of his skin, the humor is undermined by the sadness of the basic situation.
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Cast
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Nicolas Cage
as Amos Odell
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Samuel L. Jackson
as Andrew Sterling
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Dabney Coleman
as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
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Michael Lerner
as Phil Gillman
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Margaret Colin
as Judy Gillman
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Brad Dourif
as Officer Donnie Donaldson
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Giancarlo Esposito
as Rev. Fenton Brunch
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Bob Balaban
as Doctor R.A. (Roy) Fink
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I.M. Hobson
as Waldo Lake
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Chelcie Ross
as Earl
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Jodi Long
as Wendy Wong
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Tracey Walter
as Bloodhounds Man
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Aimee Graham
as Stacy
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Michael Burgess
as Black Reporter
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Loretta Devine
as Ula
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Jordan Lund
as Riley
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Kim Staunton
as Mrs.Andrew Sterling
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Ron Taylor
as Sherman
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Allison Mackie
as Anchorwoman
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Leonor Anthony
as Hispanic Reporter
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Ernie Garrett
as State Police Captain
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Todd Weeks
as Stan
