The two are accidentally teamed up to become the funniest 'odd. While the edited version delivers the plot well enough, you'll laugh along with the theatrical version much more. Eddie Murphy is the fast-talking con artist Rayford Gibson and Martin Lawrence is the conservative bank teller Claude Banks. The two are accidentally teamed up to become the funniest 'odd couple' east of the Mississippi. I was prompted to write this review having just seen it uncut for the first time. Ned Beatty Dexter Wilkins Bernie Mac Jangle Leg About Life COMEDY Eddie Murphy is the fast talking con-artist Rayford Gibson and Martin Lawrence is the conservative bank teller Claude Banks. Encyclopedia by Jeff Lenburg - 1999 Anne Frank The Book, The Life. Watch this movie please, and if you've seen it watch it again. Patrick McWilliams - 20003 All You Need Is Ears by George Martin & Jeremy Hornsby. Lee Ermey as the racist bad guy was genius too. I've been repeating Bernie Mac's lines and the "cornbread" scene for years. The rest of the cast is as underappreciated as this movie is in general. Their love-hate "old married couple" bickering will leave you in stitches. They don't do that so much here, but these guys age from mid-20s to 90s convincingly. Murphy with the Nutty Professor characters, demonstrates serious acting ability while creating laughs. While on the surface, Claude and Ray are sentenced to life in prison for a crime they didn't commit, the real story here is about life-the ups and downs, the choices you make, and the friends you sometimes can't stand but ultimately depend upon along the way.īoth Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence became known for, along with being very funny, the characters they create. Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence star in this hysterical comedy that gives a whole new meaning to friends for life. StarringEddie Murphy Martin Lawrence Bernie Mac Obba Babatund Anthony Anderson Ned Beatty Miguel A. It certainly is no serious take on a subject that would be all-too serious elsewhere, but the double entendre of the title belies the reason, besides all the talent present, why this film works so well. A fast-talking con man and a bank teller forge an unlikely friendship as they embark on a foolhardy bootlegging run from New York to Mississippi. If you go to the movies to be entertained, it doesn't get much better than this.
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