The Master of Disguise
| The Master of Disguise | |
|---|---|
 Promotional film poster | |
| Directed by | Perry Andelin Blake |
| Written by | Dana Carvey Harris Goldberg |
| Produced by | Barry Bernardi Sid Ganis Todd Garner Adam Sandler Alex Siskin |
| Starring | Dana Carvey Jennifer Esposito Harold Gould James Brolin Brent Spiner |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Edited by | Peck Prior Sandy Solowitz |
| Music by | Marc Ellis |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | August 2, 2002 |
Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16,000,000[1] |
| Box office | $40,322,713 |
The Master of Disguise is a comedy film released in 2002 starring Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin and Brent Spiner. Adam Sandler produced The Master of Disguise through his Happy Madison production company, The first of three Happy Madison films with a "PG" rating (followed by Bedtime Stories and Paul Blart: Mall Cop).
Plot
The plot is centered on Carvey as "Pistachio Disguisey", a simple-minded member of an Italian family with supernatural skills of disguise. The patriarch of the Disguisey family (Brolin), Pistachio's father, is kidnapped by archvillian Devlin Bowman (Spiner), who plans on brainwashing him to steal a variety of priceless artifacts and sell them on the black market.
A prominent subplot in the film is Pistachio's propensity to be attracted to women with unusually big butts, and his frustrations in love. Despite initial hesitation, he is eventually drawn to his assistant (Jennifer Esposito), despite her relatively small backside.
List of Pistachio's disguises
- Tony Montana from Scarface
- Quint from Jaws
- Henchman
- Turtle Guy
- Gammy Num-Num (Ruth Gordon)
- Prince Lalijama of the Ringidingi Heights
- George W. Bush
- Terry Suave
- Captain America (deleted scene)
- Constable Mueller of the Bavarian Tax Authority
- A patch of grass with a piece of fake cow feces as a helmet
- Cherry Pie Man
- Mayor Maynot (end credits/deleted scene)
- Maximus from Gladiator (end credits)
- Bob Ross (end credits)
- Forrest Gump (end credits)
- Groucho Marx (end credits)
- Charlie McCarthy with an Edgar Bergen mannequin (end credits)
- Caveman (end credits)
- Vampire (end credits)
Cast
Reception
The film received universally bad reviews. Many critics considered the plot sophomoric, compounding the fact that there were several "disguises" that would clearly not be recognized by youngsters (Tony Montana from Scarface, for example). In March 2007, aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes ranked the movie as the 18th worst-reviewed movie of the 00's decade, with a 2% fresh rating.[2] Comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson named the film the third-worst comedy ever made.[3] Bo Derek's cameo in the film earned her a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress.
References
- ^ "The Master of Disguise". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Nelson, Michael J. "Inoperable Humor: The 5 Worst Comedies of All Time". Cracked. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
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