Comedies about racism risk trivializing the issue on the one hand or becoming preachy and dull on the other. Amos & Andrew manages to do both.
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09/16/08
Amos & Andrew (1993)
23 %
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 5
Rotten:17
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This racially-charged farce stars Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson. When Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Andrew - who happens to be black - is seen entering a resort mansion by a bigoted police chief, the chief mistakenly assumes he... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Dabney Coleman, Michael Lerner
Director: E. Max Frye
Reviews for Amos & Andrew
Top Critic Cage is the only actor allowed to do riffs on his assigned part, something he takes full advantage of; the others are stuck with their two-dimensional satirical profiles, which grow increasingly tiresome and unyielding.
09/16/08
A hhandicapped satirical farce whose roots are not in life but in other, better movies and sitcoms.
05/20/03
Top Critic
The title sounds like a bad joke - Amos & Andrew. Unfortunately, the movie is just as bad.
01/01/00
Cage is a font of funny character weirdness. This movie marks the least of his offerings. Jackson, as the relative straight man, has little to work with.
01/01/00
A very funny little film with big pleasures, and a most promising debut.
01/01/00
If nothing else, at least the movie offers laughs without being offensive.
01/01/00
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