Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity Knocks (1990)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 45% of users liked it
    (3,850 ratings)

Saturday Night Live star Dana Carvey had his first leading role on the big screen in this comedy. Eddie (Carvey) and Lou (Todd Graff) are a pair of small-time con artists deep in debt to Pinkie (Mike Bacarella), a loan shark. During a lean period, Eddie and Lou resort to breaking and entering to… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Donald Petrie
Written By
Michel Katlin, Nat Bernstein
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 30, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Jun 3, 2003
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    Ai-yai-yai! Carvey's a really blank lead -- the brief Bush impersonation is all that's funny.

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  • Leo L


    Hilarious! Dana Carvey is great!

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