When the entire British royal family is accidentally electrocuted, a world wide search is launched until they find (*shock) struggling lounge singer Ralph Jones (John Goodman) in Las Vegas. Cedric Willingham (Peter O'Toole) is his secretary. The pompous Percival Graves (John Hurt) is the next in line to the throne and schemes to take over. Ralph falls for shy rookie stripper Miranda (Camille Coduri).
Ralph is not the right character for this. He is too self-assured to be pushed around as the story requires. He should a fun, personable fool. Goodman can do it. Quite frankly, Pauly Shore would do better in this role. It would easier for him to be a fish-out-of-water. He would be dumb enough to be manipulated. The royal arranged marriage is from another century. Instead of being quirky fun, it's ridiculously stupid and Goodman is not playing his role that way. This is a comedy with no real laughs.
Ralph is not the right character for this. He is too self-assured to be pushed around as the story requires. He should a fun, personable fool. Goodman can do it. Quite frankly, Pauly Shore would do better in this role. It would easier for him to be a fish-out-of-water. He would be dumb enough to be manipulated. The royal arranged marriage is from another century. Instead of being quirky fun, it's ridiculously stupid and Goodman is not playing his role that way. This is a comedy with no real laughs.