Dana Carvey, Doris Belack, James Tolkan

Eddie (Dana Carvey, who makes his screen debut) an urban con man with a talent for mimicry, runs afoul of a gangster and has to find a hideout -- quick! So, he breaks into a palatial suburban home whi...( read more  read more... )le the owners are away and dupes everyone into thinking he's the house-sitter. Posing as a successful businessman, Eddie wins the respect of the owners' family and the heart of their comely daughter.

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PG-13, 93 min.

Directed by: Donald Petrie

Release Date: March 30, 1990

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003

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  • January 31, 2008
    Mildly entertaining Dana Carvey vehicle. Ah, such potential wasted since.
  • May 24, 2007
    Hooray for the George Bush Senior impression
  • May 29, 2008
    Good.
  • December 25, 2007
    Hilarious! Dana Carvey is great!
  • July 1, 2009
    Dana Carvey is hilarious in this. I am a big fan of Dana Carvey from SNL and his other series and stand up comedy. The film is full of gags and impressions by Dana. The story is decent and has a good supporting cast. I might have given this a lower rating if I wasn't a fan of Da...( read more)na Carvery's. Worth a watch.
  • February 10, 2009
    Unfortunately, a huge waste of talent. Wayne's World and Master of Disguise showcase Dana Carvey much better! Also, watch The Dana Carvey Show from the mid 90's on IMDB TV. Very funny!!
  • December 18, 2008
    Funny ole- school movie. Good actors cute story line
  • November 1, 2008
    A Chicago con man named Eddie Farrell (Dana Carvey) masqueraded a housesitter named Jonathan Albertson; a Harvard graduate was supposed to watch the house for the absent owner named David Malkin (Bill Bradshaw) due to a new job in another part of the country for a month or two. ...( read more)Eddie ends up falling in love with David's sister named Dr. Annie Malkin (Julia Campbell).
  • July 28, 2008
    "Eddie Farrell" (Dana Carvey) is a small-time, but effective con artist. He and his friend and parner, "Lou" (Todd Graff) get in a little trouble with a loan shark (James Tolkan), and have to go on the lam.

    Eventually, the two break into a nice house in a nice neighborhood wh...( read more)ere they start to live in. The next morning, the housesitter (voiced by Mark Ross) calls and leaves a message on the machine telling the home's owner that he will not be able to housesit.

    Later on, "Farrell" is coming downstairs after taking a shower, wearing a towel, when "Mona" (Doris Belack), the mother of the man who owns the house, walks in and is startled by him. Her husband, "Milt" (Robert Laggia), who was waiting in the car, runs in.

    The parents automatically assume that "Eddie" is "Jonathan", and he has to think on his feet and con them into believeing it. Things get complicated however when he meets their beautiful daughter, "Annie" (Julia Campbell), a successful doctor at the local clinic. She then becomes a central figure in his con, and tries to get her to fall in love with him.

    However, he is becoming attracted to "Annie," and he becomes torn between cleaning this family out and going straight while trying to avoid "Lou" and his thugs.

    Even though this is a pretty good movie, this is not a great comedy. I probably laughed four times during the entire movie. Many jokes, in my opinion, flopped most of the time. Carvey, who is usually really wacky, held back if you ask me. And, sadly, brought only one of his SNL characters to one of the few funny scenes.

    There are good performances in this film. Carvey is good as "Eddie" and is pretty likable. James Tolken, who is probably best known as "Strikland" in the "Back to the Future" movies, is excellent as the lead bad guy. Campbell is good as "Annie" and works well with Carvey.

    For Carvey's first starring role, this is not the one for him. The humor was rarely over-the-top, which he is best at -- especially if he has the right partner to work off of. Like I said earlier, he is good as "Eddie" but is held back by the script's humor.

    The music reminded me of TV sitcoms which used popular tunes at the time, but used studio musicians and singers to perform the tracks. It was real obvious that Gloria Estafan was not singing a classic Miami Sound Machine tune in a party scene where "Eddie" used some silly comedy to make "Annie" laugh in an attempt to get her to fall for him.

    If anything, the only reason to see this is the story and the performances from the main cast. But, if you are expecting an outright comedy, you will be quite disappointed. I can only recommend this as something to watch on a rainy day when you are flipping the channels and see it on HBO or another movie channel.
  • February 20, 2008
    Great acting from Dana Carvey and a pretty good script. Hard to believe it was one of Carvey's first films.

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