Product Details

• Actors: Cheech Marin, Emma Samms, Vernon Wells, Bruce Spence, Carole Davis
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: October 6, 1997
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301885554
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,783 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Shrimp on the Barbie [VHS] (1990) Cheech Marin (Actor), Emma Samms (Actor) | Rated: R | Format: VHS Tape

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Cheech's Better Movies, August 1, 2003

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Books From Bilbo Baggins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Camaron en eo Asador (DVD)

I LIKE this one. Cheech plays, of course, a Mexican who ends up in Australia of all places, working in a Mexican Restaurant. He disappears on his partner, who throughout the movie pleads for him to return. Turns out he has been hired by an Australian lady whose father owns everything and who she wants to put down. She already has a boy friend who she plans to marry, but hires Cheech to impersonate her boy friend to her father, telling Cheech to be as obnoxious and crude as possible. Cheech does his best, but Dad overhears the deal and now knows what is going on. So he tells her he approves of her choice and asks, "when's the wedding?" Well this puts her in a strange position, and, as the story unfolds, she becomes more and more attracted to Cheech and less attracted to the man she was going to marry. He punches Cheech in the eye and she finds out some dirt on him and, well, I won't spoil the ending, but things workout and all ends well. Not a moving production, no earth shattering revelations, no profound statements, just a cute little movie that for awhile anyway, makes you laugh and for a little while helps you forget all your other troubles. Well worth a look.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars shrimp on barbie dvd specifications, September 30, 2003

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Nick M. "nicklesm17" (chicago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Shrimp on the Barbie (DVD)

for anyone who likes this movie, you'll buy it regardless. however. it is in 16x9 format(standard), it is not the widescreen version. as far as special features go, it has an option for 5:1 digital audio. this feature is not accessable thru the "audio set-up" option, you have to go into "special features" befor you start the movie if you prefer to listen to it this way. other features include the theatrical trailer and about a 1/2 dozen different tv commercials promoting this movie. enjoy a very funny cheech as a "leading man"?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheech delivers the goods and some good food :-), June 4, 2000

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Pat McCurry (Wilton, NH United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Shrimp on the Barbie [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Whenever I saw The Shrimp on the Barbie listed in the cable guide, I wasn't interested. Then when i saw it in the summer of '98, it wasn't too bad at all. Cheech gives a great performance as daydreaming waiter Carlos. He falls back on all of his past personalities to make the character go. Emma Samms is also good as the rich uptight heiress whose excuse for everything is "you wouldn't understand". The only other notable actor in the film is Bruce Spence from the Mad Max movies. The Australian and New Zealand scenery is nice. Another treat that comes with the film is to hear Cheech's zany rendition of Land of 1,000 Dances. One other character that is funny is Maggie, who has a fixation for horses and anything Mexican. She almost steals the scenes she is in with her performances. Still, you know something went when Alan Smithee is created as director rather than Michael Gottlieb himself. You can tell as some minor goofs show up in the film. Still, a fun movie to watch.