Mr. Magoo (1997)

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers (WGA):

Pat Proft (written by) &
Tom Sherohman (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy | Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

Take a walk off the wild side.

Plot:

The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.

Plot Keywords:

Nearsightedness | Short Sighted | Helicopter | Dog | Based On Cartoon

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Mr. Quincy Magoo
Kelly Lynch	...	Luanne LeSeur / Prunella Pagliosi
Matt Keeslar	...	Waldo Magoo
Nick Chinlund	...	Bob Morgan
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Agent Chuck Stupak, FBI
Ernie Hudson	...	Agent Gus Anders, CIA
Jennifer Garner	...	Stacey Sampanahoditra
Malcolm McDowell	...	Austin Cloquet
Miguel Ferrer	...	Mr. Ortega Peru
L. Harvey Gold	...	Schmitt
Art Irizawa	...	Gosha
John Tierney	...	Hebzinski
Terence Kelly	...	McManus
Rick Burgess	...	Molinaro
Jerry Wasserman	...	Javier

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and action sequences.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | Germany:6 (w) | Mexico:A | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Screenings of this movie were met with protests by the blind and their advocates in theaters across the USA. For this reason, and the bad reviews, it was rushed into video format.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Mr.Magoo is about to go after Luanne on the ironing board, you can clearly see someone give him a push start.

Quotes:

[A monkey is seen in front of Mister Magoo]
Mr. Quincy Magoo: Ugliest child I've ever seen!

Movie Connections:

References Ban jin ba liang (1976)

Soundtrack:

I Can See Clearly Now

If an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, this movie obviously got hit first.

Leslie Nielsen is usually someone whose movies I really like (even critically panned flicks like "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" and "Wrongfully Accused"). So the fact that I'm slamming "Mr. Magoo" should show that it's a piece of junk. It casts Nielsen as the myopic title character, something gets planted on him, and he makes a mess of everything. It seems like the combo of Nielsen and director Stanley Tong (behind two of Jackie Chan's movies) would make this one hilarious movie, but it doesn't; it seems like they just have people to do anything, and there's no real humor here.

So, the original cartoon with Jim Backus providing the voice was worth seeing, so avoid this movie. Leslie Nielsen has also done much better, so there's no reason to waste your time on this. Also starring Kelly Lynch, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson, Malcolm McDowell and Miguel Ferrer; they probably don't wish to emphasize this hunk of junk in their careers.