Product Details

• Actors: Dana Carvey, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell, Milo O'Shea
• Directors: Donald Petrie
• Writers: Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein
• Producers: Brad Grey, Christopher Meledandri, Mark Gordon, Raymond Hartwick, Terry Spazek
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630176305X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,497 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and then hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house won't be able to due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a GREAT movie no one knows about !! GET IT !!, January 7, 2001

By 

Pamela A. Delzeith "pamidave" (Avon Lake, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Opportunity Knocks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Opportunity Knocks" is a cute, funny movie. I have this movie and without a doubt, it's one of my favorites. It is Dana Carvey's first "starring" role as something other than a Saturday Night Live character and he is excellent. This movie never got the accolades it deserved (perhaps not enough press coverage). This movie is MILES above "Clean Slate" (Dana's second movie). I have felt for years that this movie was a wonderful little secret that only I and a few others in the world knew about. Dana really shines here. If you like Dana Carvey...if you like really funny, sweet little movies...if you have a sense of humor and like a good laugh - buy this movie, PLEASE. I want to share it with you !!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dana Carvey's best film, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Opportunity Knocks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Dana Carvey plays a small time conman named eddie whos about to hit the big leagues. He breaks into a house and is mistaken for the housesitter. That's when the movie takes off. He has to play it cool to keep his cover and not let the girl he loves know he is a fraud.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, bad actress!, August 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Opportunity Knocks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is one of Carvey's best! He's very charming and as always funny. You can't help but start to love his charecter. It was an excelent movie, and I would give it a full 5, if it wasn't for Eddie's (Carvey) love intrest. I don't know if the charecter was played out perfectly, and it wasn't that interesting. Or the actress, Julia Campbell, didn't give it her best. She seemed very boring, and in many ways wrong for the part, and the guy. Other than that, this is an excelent film!