The Master of Disguise (2002)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Perry Andelin Blake

Writers (WGA):

Dana Carvey (written by) &
Harris Goldberg (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

He can get into any disguise... getting out is another story.

Plot:

An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise.

Plot Keywords:

Slap | Critically Bashed | Pop Up Book | Mona Lisa | Mask

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Dana Carvey	...	Pistachio Disguisey
Brent Spiner	...	Devlin Bowman
Jennifer Esposito	...	Jennifer Baker
Harold Gould	...	Grandfather Disguisey
James Brolin	...	Fabbrizio Disguisey
Austin Wolff	...	Barney Baker
Edie McClurg	...	Mother Disguisey
Maria Canals-Barrera	...	Sophia (as Maria Canals)
Robert Machray	...	Texas Man
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Henchman
Rachel Lederman	...	Texas Wife
Vincent Riverside	...	Henchman
Mark Devine	...	Trent
Kenan Thompson	...	Kenan
Jay Johnston	...	Rex

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and some crude humor.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:PG (cut) | Portugal:M/6 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Denmark:7 | Germany:6 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG (certificate #38420)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The role of Pistachio Disguisey was originally offered to Jim Carrey

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Pistachio does a back flip onto the platform where Jennifer is chained, in some shots, one can clearly see the wires connected to his belt.

Quotes:

Pistachio Disguisey: [as President Bush] The folks around here call me "Dub-ya". Hoo ya!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Jing wu men (1972)

Soundtrack:

Theme From Jaws

A bit kiddish, but it has it's moments. Hats off to Dana for a great family movie

Dana Carvey was very smart for bringing a movie to the screen like this. Barely ever to SNL veterans do family comedys, but Dana Carvey(SNL, Wayne's World) did. This movie is a bit kiddish in the jokes at times, but it has it's moments. The audience in the screening of this film laughed at a lot of hidden adult jokes, like the Geoge Bush stuff(in SNL, Dana Carvey used to impersonate the elder Bush, in MASTER OF DISGUISE, at one point he does the new Bush). Anyway, even though I doubt very much it'll do first at the box office(my theory will be goldmember, or a very close SIGNS at 1st, and Master of disguise 3rd), I'm still glad Dana could make a great kids movie, without a lot of unneccesary things in films that give it a PG-13 rating. There are a lot of films that would be great family movies, that are loaded with PG-13 material. I'm not saying all the movies should be family, I just hate when there is a really stupid kid movie, I mean take Stuart Little 1 or 2, which could be rated g, and right at the end of the first they throw in language, to give it a pg rating. They didn't even have to do that. Same with pg movies jipped to pg-13. Sometimes you don't need to do it, moviemakers, when it clearly is a kids movie, and filmmakers try to throw in things to make it pg13, when it's kiddish, and no teen's going to go see it anyway, so they're stuck with 6 year olds, going to see pg-13s! I hope that more people realize, that some movies are adult, and some are family. Don't throw things in family movies that don't need to be there, just in hopes of getting older audiences. They're still not going to go see it. But take my advice. See master of disguise, either in theaters, or on video. I saw the screening a few weeks ago, and I did laugh. Not a whole lot, but I laughed.

2.5/5 STARS