Undercover Blues
| Undercover Blues | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Herbert Ross |
| Written by | Ian Abrams |
| Produced by | Mike Lobell |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Donald E. Thorin |
| Edited by | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $12,324,660 |
Undercover Blues is a 1993 comedy film about a family of secret agents written by Ian Abrams and directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid.[1]
Plot
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Turner and Quaid play Jane and Jefferson Blue, a wise-cracking couple of spies for an unnamed U.S. covert organization on maternity leave in New Orleans with their baby daughter whom they dote on, though they are unable to agree on whether her name should be Louise Jane or Jane Louise. With the baby's arrival, they have decided to move on to "Chapter Two" of their marriage, retiring from field assignment in an attempt to give their daughter a normal life. However, events continually conspire to draw them back into their old lives, including fruitless attacks by a frustrated mugger (played by Stanley Tucci) while being called back into service to combat a psychotic Czech arms dealer (played by Fiona Shaw).
Cast
- Kathleen Turner as Jane Blue
- Dennis Quaid as Jefferson Blue
- Fiona Shaw as Novacek
- Stanley Tucci as Muerte
- Larry Miller as Halsey
- Park Overall as Bonnie Newman
- Tom Arnold as Vern Newman
- Obba Babatunde as Sawyer
- Ralph Brown as Leamington
- Jan Triska as Axel
- Marshall Bell as Sikes
- Richard Jenkins as Frank
- Dennis Lipscomb as Foster
- Saul Rubinek as Mr. Ferderber
- Dave Chappelle as Ozzie
Reception
Undercover Blues received mixed to negative reviews from critics, as the film holds a 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 19 reviews.[2]
Jane Horwitz felt in her review for The Washington Post that "Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner act so darn cute in "Undercover Blues" that they risk fallen archness. It's kind of fun to watch them dance around on tiptoe instead of creating real characters, but one can't help wondering what the whole enterprise would have been like with a director who knew how to make them play against the material a little."[3]
References
- ^ "Undercover Blues (1993) Review/Film; A Loving Pair of Spies Take Baby to Work". The New York Times. 2011-12-30.
- ^ "Undercover Blues". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
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