The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

  • 46% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 38% of users liked it
    (14,034 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, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Stan Dragoti
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

  • 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.

  • xGary X


    I have no idea whether this is supposed to be a comedy or a thriller. But it works as neither, so who cares?

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