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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The title says it all!, September 18, 2004
Jimmy Dworski(James Belushi) finally got a life. The life of Spencer Barnes(Charles Grodin). Jimmy,serving time in prison for auto theft manages to get tickets for a Chicago Cubs game. He won them in a radio contest. He was scheduled for release shortly after the game. At 6 AM on a Friday,Jimmy's fellow inmates throw him a farewell party. "FAREWELL JIMMY!",the banner read. "This is an unauthorized festivity!",quipps the warden(Hector Elizondo). The warden makes a deal with Jimmy. Jimmy would be allowed temporary release from prison if the warden who's playing golf,sank the golfball. He misses so Jimmy's wish was denied. "I gotta watch the game. Please don't be an ---hole!",Jimmy tells the warden. Jimmy is forcefully returned to his cell. Jimmy successfully escapes then finds the "file-o-fax" belonging to Spencer in an airport near a payphone. Spencer is an advertising executive who is sent to Los Angeles to get a new account for his company High Quality Foods. Spencer flies to L.A. from Chicago where he lives. Jimmy is from Chicago as well(Belushi himself hails from Wheaton,IL). Spencer's wife Elizabeth(Veronica Hamel) is so upset with him that she leaves him. On the plane,he meets Debbie Lipton(Anne DiSalvo),a high school classmate. Debbie exchanges seats with another passenger so she and Spencer could reminisce. Debbie,now living in L.A.,is a make-up artist and fashion designer. She was in Chicago for a mosturizers' convention. Spencer and Debbie spend some time together. So Jimmy,so happy to be out of his cell,experiences the luxurious L.A. lifestyles. At a business meeting,Jimmy posing as Spencer,meets Diane Connors(Gates McFadden),who runs HQF. HQF is owned by a Japanese man named Sakamoto. Sakamoto later terminates Diane. The only HQF product Jimmy raves about is the potato chips. He says the hot dogs are like rubber,the frosted flakes have half the sugar of Kellogg's,the bread easily rips and the mustard tastes like crap. Diane was shocked at Jimmy's unprofessional attitude. Jimmy scores with Jewel Bentley,whose father Walter is Spencer's boss. Spencer makes it to Walter's Malibu mansion to find Jimmy there. Knowing Jimmy's impersonating Spencer,the two are briefly physically at war. At another HQF meeting,Jimmy confessed to what he did with the real Spencer Barnes alongside him. Spencer quits his job and he and Jimmy go to the Chicago Cubs game. So Elizabeth comes to Malibu to find Jewel there. Elizabeth at first thought Spencer and Jewel were having an affair. They both see on TV at the game,Jimmy catching a home run baseball and Spencer in the audience. Feeling that he's been spotted by his warden,Jimmy leaves the game with Spencer in tow(Jimmy and Spencer are now friends). They go for a cable ride just like Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor did in director Arthur Hiller's previous film,SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL. Jimmy breaks back into prison in drag as his mother with Spencer as a minister. The make-up was applied by Debbie. Jimmy was released at 6 PM Sunday,as scheduled. Sakamoto calls Spencer and wants him and "the other Spencer" to work for another company of his(Sakamoto's). Spencer declines the offer. So Spencer and Jimmy take off in the red Lotus that they drove to Jimmy's prison in. A very funny movie.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five stars for the movie, three for the DVD -, January 9, 2003
By A Customer
Just the facts - from the back cover: Jimmy Dworski (James Belushi) is a happy-go-lucky convict who breaks out of prison and finally gets a life . . . somebody else's! When Dworski finds the daily planner book that literally runs the life of ultra-organized executive Spencer Barnes (Charles Grodin), all hell breaks loose. With newfound cash, credit cards and the keys to a Malibu mansion, the imposter Dworski embarks on an all-expense-paid trip to "Easy Street" while posing as the high-powered Barnes. Meanwhile, Spencer's life is turned upside down as he hunts through the jungles of Los Angeles for his beloved book. When these oddball opposites finally meet, it's a comedic collision you won't soon forget.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amusing, worth a look., October 10, 1999
By A Customer
An amusing farce with Jim Belushi in a role that highlights his ample comic abilities. An all-around enjoyable movie, definitely worth a look.
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