Undercover Blues

Undercover Blues is a great, enjoyable movie. The plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it's not supposed to. You just have to go along with it and have a good time. The characters and their entertaining dialog are what make this film great. Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are great as undercover agents Jeff and Jane Blue. Their interactions with the local police and Muerte are hilarious and the movie flows very nicely despite the fact that the plot is less than realistic. The movie is definitely worth the three bucks to rent at the video store, or in my case, the ten it took to buy it.

5.3? This movie deserves better! What on earth is wrong with a movie that's unbelievably funny and doesn't use fart jokes? I mean, that scene with the crocodiles...I just about died laughing! Grow a sense of humor, people! Just because a movie doesn't have some ingenious plot line doesn't mean it can't be worthwhile. This movie is great.

'Undercover Blues' is a very light-hearted comedy for those who don't always want to take life so seriously; perhaps too jovial for some but I enjoyed it. Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner were very likable as Jeff and Jane Blue, ex-spies who are revelling in family life only to be enticed back for one last job. Larry Miller and Obba Babatunde were humorous as the two New Orleans detectives who know the Blues' are up-to-something but aren't quite sure what exactly but it is Stanley Tucci' hilarious Muerte, the thief who can never get one over on the Blues', who steals the show in his slap-stick performance.

The film does skirt the edge of being a bit silly but is still entertaining with enough action and comedy for a quiet family evening. For those who refuse to just enjoy the innocence of the film, they can still take in the stunning backdrop of New Orleans before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

I did not expect much when I decided to watch this, but in point of fact its a very funny and clever movie with a lot going for it. Quaid and Turner have some real chemistry. This is easily Turner's best movie in the last eight years but that's not saying much I guess. Dennis Quaid's easy-going manner and joyful grin are perfect for the part.

Stanley Tucci is a riot as "Muerte", a bumbling wanna-be gangster who appears to have seen Al Pacino's "Scarface" once too many times. In many ways, its Tucci's movie and he makes the most of it.

Fiona Shaw is also appropriately over the top as a woman/criminal with a crush on Quaid, and there are other familiar faces in the case too.

All in all, a welcome surprise.

One of the better movies of 1993. It was funny, brilliant and full of intrigue.

I liked Dennis Quaid as Jeff Blue. He was full of wisecracks and that smile he gave you told you that he was up to something and/or was only telling you half-truths.

Jeff's wife, Jane, played by Kathleen Turner, was more of the "straight person" to Jeff, but at times, she could she could be funny and tough as well.

Larry Miller as Detective Sgt Halsey was hilarious. Although his accent was horrible (maybe it was intended that way), I liked him as the dopey detective.

Stanley Tucci as "Muerte" or "Morty" as the Blues refer to him as, was the best. He plays a robber in New Orleans and he meets the couple he tries and tries again to rob; The Blues. Every time he tries, he fails and that high pitch scream Muerte/Morty screams when something bad is going to happen to him is hilarious. It no longer becomes a job for Muerte, but a challenge. About the only thing he could "steal" from the Blues was the entire movie. He had me laughing non-stop every time he appeared.

My favorite parts in the movie:

Muerte: "I am Muerte"

Jeff Blue: "Oh hi Morty!!!"

Muerte: "Muerte!!! Muerte!!! no Morty!!! Muerte!!!!"

And when Jeff Blue meets with Paulina Novacek (Fiona Shaw), her gang has "Muerte", thinking he is one of Jeff's "confederates", He (Jeff) plays off it, saying that Muerte is the big guy and refers to him as "The Big 'M'" and "Muerte". Suddenly, Muerte to save his butt, keeps screaming, "I'm Morty!!! Morty!!!".

Stanley Tucci is priceless in this movie.