I would watch Sinbad read a phone book! This comedian is so genuinely funny and made a so-so script so, so believable.
Sinbad portrays Kevin Franklin, someone down on his luck, but up in his attitude. He tells all that he will make his first million one day soon and mail orders every info-mercial guide to make money that there is. Unfortunately, he is greatly in debt to some Mafia-type loan sharks who constantly circle him as their only prey. To escape their threats, Kevin high-tails it to the airport. While hiding from them, he overhears Gary Young (Phil Hartman) explain to his young son and daughter that he is waiting for a childhood friend, Derek Bond, to arrive but that Derek is always late. When the kids ask what Derek looks like, Gary explains that he actually hasn't seen Derek since childhood but he assumes him to be black and tall. You can see the lightbulb go off over Kevin's head and he steps into assume Derek's identity and proceeds home with the Young family.
Yes, the story was a little contrived, particularly the dentist office scene, but Sinbad is just so gifted in making you believe in him and laugh at him. It's a combination of his size and the honesty in his eyes, I think. Watch this movie and tell me you did not laugh out loud at the scene in the car when he is explaining his "accident" or how he makes a snobby wine tasting, an all-out blast of a party. He is a nut.
And watching Phil Hartman only makes you miss him more. He is playing the straight man here to Sinbad. Anyone else would have been "ho hum". Hartman makes you care for him and his family.
Another film you can watch with your family. As always with Sinbad, the only "f" word associated with him is "funny"!
Sinbad portrays Kevin Franklin, someone down on his luck, but up in his attitude. He tells all that he will make his first million one day soon and mail orders every info-mercial guide to make money that there is. Unfortunately, he is greatly in debt to some Mafia-type loan sharks who constantly circle him as their only prey. To escape their threats, Kevin high-tails it to the airport. While hiding from them, he overhears Gary Young (Phil Hartman) explain to his young son and daughter that he is waiting for a childhood friend, Derek Bond, to arrive but that Derek is always late. When the kids ask what Derek looks like, Gary explains that he actually hasn't seen Derek since childhood but he assumes him to be black and tall. You can see the lightbulb go off over Kevin's head and he steps into assume Derek's identity and proceeds home with the Young family.
Yes, the story was a little contrived, particularly the dentist office scene, but Sinbad is just so gifted in making you believe in him and laugh at him. It's a combination of his size and the honesty in his eyes, I think. Watch this movie and tell me you did not laugh out loud at the scene in the car when he is explaining his "accident" or how he makes a snobby wine tasting, an all-out blast of a party. He is a nut.
And watching Phil Hartman only makes you miss him more. He is playing the straight man here to Sinbad. Anyone else would have been "ho hum". Hartman makes you care for him and his family.
Another film you can watch with your family. As always with Sinbad, the only "f" word associated with him is "funny"!