Nielsen, an actor who is either brilliant or abysmal depending on the material, veers towards the latter.
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05/16/08
Mr. Magoo (1997)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:1
Rotten:25
Average Rating:2.3/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Comically myopic hero Mr. Magoo stumbles onto the big screen in this live-action cartoon. After Magoo (Leslie Nielsen, star of AIRPLANE! and the NAKED GUN television series and movies)... [More]
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund
Director: Stanley Tong
Reviews for Mr. Magoo
Top CriticWhen even the outtakes you see over the end titles don't raise a single titter, you know you're in trouble.
01/01/00
Top CriticInstantly forgettable but fun while it lasts.
05/16/08
By turns frenetic and flat-footed, Mr. Magoo is an uninspired live-action comedy.
05/16/08
Top CriticIf you really hate your kids, pack them off to this slapdash farce, whose only funny moment is the PC disclaimer at the end about the Disney company's humanist concern for blind people.
05/16/08
No review available.
08/01/05
No review available.
08/18/04
No review available.
03/19/04
No review available.
02/22/04
The film is almost unbearable.
02/08/03
No review available.
08/16/02
One star, for principle.
01/01/00
A lousy movie without a single laugh.
01/01/00
I grew up with Mr. Magoo. I watched Mr. Magoo. I loved Mr. Magoo. Leslie Nielsen, you're no Mr. Magoo.
01/01/00
Mr. Magoo is not just an insult to the blind and near-blind, it's an insult to every human being who has the misfortune to suffer through this dreadfully unfunny, 90 minute atrocity.
01/01/00
Here's where I'm supposed to suggest how the film might be better. But I can't think of anything to say other than to make the film again, with different writers and a new director.
01/01/00
Among those who will be insulted by this painfully unfunny comedy are women, the elderly and members of several ethnicities, as well as moviegoers with even the slightest modicum of taste.
01/01/00
Incomplete as a cartoon, indecisive as comedy, halting as adventure, Mr. Magoo turns out to be a shortsighted project.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
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