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True Identity [VHS]

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This movie was clever, witty, and totally enjoyable. If you liked films with people impersonating others (examples: Two Much, The Associate, Mrs. Doubtfire etc.), this is a film for you. If you can't find it to rent, just buy it. You'll be glad you did.

I actually bought this copy for a film festival I held for a special anniversary last year. It is actually not a bad film, but because Disney invested heavily on Lenny Henry to strike it big here in the U.S.A. as he is big in his native England, only to fail to do so as a result of this film's box office shortcomings,he was unable to get the toehold here in the States to make it last. This film, which shows off the acting--and comedic--talents of Henry, gives a taste of what might have been if the film had been more accepted in 1991. A good chance for director Charles Lane, who plays his make-up designer bud as well. Frank Langella does right in his role as a gangster in hiding--a mature albeit still-beautiful Peggy Lipton is phine as his wife. Anne-Marie Johnson makes a fine love interest for Lenny. The late J.T. Walsh, in a good-guy turn, delivers as an F.B.I. agent looking to bring in Langella's mobster character. And James Earl Jones has a poignant cameo as well. Not such a bad way to go for a Blockbuster kind of retro-night. Check it out. (This turned out to be a PAL copy, but with a code-free DVD player, you can make it happen!!!!)

when will this movie ever come out in a special edition format in all region!!?!?!?!?!THIS IS TRULY A COMEDY OF ALL COMEDY MOVIES.

This movie was showing on t.v one day and it turned out to be hilarious. I couldn't believe that I'd never seen or heard of it, growing up in the 90s. I enjoyed it so much I bought it on DVD. Lenny Henry is a genius and the movie is so underrated. What more can I say? The story-line is quite original. It's hard to make a film with a black male lead without it becoming cliched. Funnily enough, that's one of the main ideas explored in the movie (Lenny Henry is a stage actor looking for work). It's quirky and interesting and keeps you on your toes. The characters are laugh-out-loud funny- from the various mafia guys to Lenny's nerdy makeup artist side-kick. Lenny's mafia persona and other impersonations he does are hilarious. I'm surprised he didn't do more in Hollywood.Good, fun movie- clean jokes and very invocative of the 90s.

i reckon this film is so good, some people say that it was a bit corny but i think it was just so good and not to predictable.

Another film from the early 90's that tries to make a stand on Hip-Hop comedy but this film falls short and doesn't deliver any good performances. Lenny Henry the star of this dumb film plays an aspiring actor who witnesss a mafia hit and changes his identity of a black man to a white man who poses as a hitman himself and the film follows in disaray after that. Henry's work on Brittish Television is nothing that hillarous either. The idea is weak and the story is bland, the only real quality in this picture is Frank Langella his performace as the demeaning mafia don is played very well, but he was in his prime when he was "DRACULA" This film is pretty much "DUMB & BORING"