The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

  • 46% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (14,315 ratings)

In this rather routine adaptation of the French hit, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Richard (Tom Hanks) is a bicycling violinist who is innocently drawn into a nasty struggle for control of the CIA. Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the unscrupulous current head honcho of the notorious U.S.… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Klane
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 19, 1985 Wide
On DVD
Sep 7, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

    Red Shoe is sharp, clever, and witty as hell, ranking among the most likable Hanks films of the 1980s.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Not up to the original version, but it has its moments.

  • Eric Meyerson, Filmcritic.com

    demonstrates an adept touch at story-weaving and squeezing hearty amusement - if not big laughs - from preposterous situations

  • Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

    Aimless, lifeless comedy from Hanks' phone-it-in period.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    One of Tom Hanks' speed bumps on the way to superstardom.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Melvin W


    Cooper: Honey, will you please - what are the odds of the Russians attacking on a Thursday night?  The Man with One Red Shoe reminds me of another comedy called The Man Who Knew Too Little starring Bill Murray. Both films deal with someone being suspected of bring a spy, that has… More

  • AJ V


    I saw this a long time ago, I don't remember why I didn't like it, I'll have to see it again some time.

  • Phil H


    Good cast in this old Hanks flick much like many old 80's films you find allot of well known faces throughout which does add to the film and gives it a good solid base unlike many new films. The plot isn't too original and the film isn't too exciting but its… More

  • Dean M


    An American remake of the French comedy <i>The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe</i> is so funny. Tom Hanks is nearly the whole show. Jim Belushi and Carrie Fisher also provide some hearty laughs.

  • jay n


    sleep inducing so called comedy, well we all have to start somewhere.

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