Who's Harry Crumb? | | Cast : | John Candy, Jeffrey Jones | | Director : | Paul Flaherty | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | February 03, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | March 23, 2004 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 09, 2005 | | Summary | kinda funny?! | Content
 | i laughed a few times at john candy's offbeat humor it's not halarious but it will make you giggle and snicker at his goofy personality |
| Rating | | | Date | March 25, 2005 | | Summary | best movie ever!!! | Content
| i saw this movie and it was funnier then i expected!my favorite parts are when elliot draison(jeffrey jones)is fixing the air condeicner and then it's broken so elliot is banging it with a tennis racqet and and then helen downing (annie potts)tells him to put it on egzost then elliot says what a piece of junk then he puts it to egzost then harry crumb(jhon candy)as the bombay air conditching man is inside the seiling so then his hat and his hair disguise and money blow away and then he blows away and the man watching boxing has a coin flying to him so he says my lucky day then he thinks what he is hearing is more coins coming but then after he says jackpot instead of more coins coming harry crumb flys out of the seling and then harry crumbs camera flys out of the seiling.another part i like is when harry crumb spys a couple but they go into an other room and then harry crumb wiggles the thing he is standing on so when he does that then he falls of the thing he stands on and then he brakes into some one elses apartment with a diffrent couple talking about some socks then the phone ring and then harry crumb ansers it.the last part i like is when harry crumb is riding the bike and then pulls a lever then the bike comes out and then he brakes elliots animal skeleton and a peradactol egg.this movie is a movie highley recomended and a movie i'm begging you to see so watch this movie after you read this review.p.s my very last faverite part of the movie is when is when harry crumb is stuck in that phone area |
| Rating | | | Date | August 15, 2004 | | Summary | 6 out of 10 | Content
| "I know one thing...We find that crazy typewriter, we'll find our kidnapper." is a great quote by John Candy in this fun-filled film, Who's Harry Crumb?. Very catchy title. Great performance by John Candy. Only John Candy can shine in this role of Harry Crumb despite the fact most of the other actors' performances have been sub-par. The comedy is inconsistent. When the moment arrives for a laugh, it is well worth it. Good lines. Great jokes but far few in this film. Almost a rip-off copy of the film Fletch when I noticed John Candy pulling off jokes while being different characters other than Harry Crumb. One character stands out to be the best disguise is John Candy's Deszu Djizlas. When asked how to spell his name, Deszu Djizlas replied, "I don't think so. Try it with a 'D'.". A well-done effort to bring out a typical fun John Candy film. It was worth my time.
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| Rating | | | Date | March 06, 2004 | | Summary | Great movie for the collection | Content
| I was about seven or eight years old when I first saw This movie, but it was instantly my favorite. The only thing is that it's most physical comedy. Now that I'm older I realize that it's not his best movie, but it's still a great comedy classic. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 20, 2004 | | Summary | It'll work... | Content
| You gotta love John Candy, but no matter what actor you have in mind, they have something in common: most of them have been in bad movies at some time or another. This is probably the closest John Candy ever got, at least until I watch Summer Rental. It seems like a lot of Candy's movies were made in 1989. Can you really cram all those films into one year and have them all be smash hits? In the words of Macaulay Culkin, "I don't think so."
Sure, John Candy was funny. He was amusing physically, because of his height, size, and his appealing face. And usually he was able to use his acting talent to flesh out badly written roles. Such as this one, in which he plays an incompetent private investigator named Harry Crumb. Let me give you my take on this personally: I almost think they made a really good version of this movie, and then did a really bad one, and then melted them down and mixed them together. The result is a faltering, almost mutated comedy featuring some good actors and some bad, as well as some good jokes and some bad. Harry Crumb is a guy who goes around getting into new and wacky predicaments, yet waters them down constantly with his tired, redundant dialogue.
Another problem is that there's nothing going on in this movie with Candy that you haven't seen before, except for maybe the time he's standing on the ceiling fan in a beachside restaurant. Crumb is also distracting because of his terrible hair, dyed just a little too red and styled just a little too badly. I really found some of the other characters just as interesting. Jennifer Downing (a rich girl who gets kidnapped), P.J. Downing (her incredibly dense father), Helen Downing (his wife, who constantly sleeps around), Detective Casey (pessimistic cop lady), and Vince Barnes (a "two-bit country club Romeo" who is the focus of Helen's current affair) are all very good. However, Nikki Downing (Jennifer's sister), who hangs around with Crumb a good deal in the movie, could have spent a little more time in acting school. Most of the time her performance comes off as unconvincing, especially when compared with Candy's considerable skill. Also weird is the head of Crumb's department, Eliot Draisen, played by Jeffrey Jones. That's right! The creepy-looking guy who got busted for child computer porn! Maybe they wanted an element of horror in the movie or something.
But this is still a fairly funny comedy. If you like John Candy, you can probably survive this. It's definitely not one of his better movies, but even Candy's worst stuff is worth a look. How many actors are that good? Not many. |
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