Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 03/27/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Starz Home Entertainment
Leslie Greif directs this adaptation of
Ray Cooney's hit British play, a throwback
farce about mistaken identity.
Chevy Chase plays
Henry Perkins, a listless late-middle-aged executive in a wax fruit company; his wife,
Carol (
Penelope Ann Miller), is similarly bored, a struggling sculptor and housewife in Hoboken, NJ. On his way home from work to a surprise birthday party
Carol is throwing, he accidentally switches briefcases with a Russian mobster. He opens the suitcase at a local bar and discovers five million dollars inside. He rushes home and tries to arrange a flight to Barcelona for
Carol and him so they can take the money and run.
Detective Sergeant Genero (
Armand Assante) shows up later; he saw
Henry at the bar and is suspicious of his actions. The Perkins, along with their friends
Vic and
Gina Johnson (
Christopher McDonald and
Alex Meneses), concoct an elaborate plan to fool the detective, which is only complicated by
Carol getting sloppy drunk, the arrival of a homicide detective (
Kevin Sussman), a famous gallery owner (
Rebecca Wisocky),
Henry's boss (
Robert Loggia), a frustrated standup comic cabbie (
Guy Torry), two more identical briefcases, and the party guests. The comic action reaches a climax in a standoff with Mafia kingpin
Mr. Big (
Zoltan Butuc).
~ Michael Buening, All Movie Guide
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