Rotten
A one-joke sketch that doesn't work as a feature.
Lawrence Cohn, Variety
Amos & Andrew
Misunderstood. Misplaced. Mismatched.
1993 · 1h 36m · PG-13
Action, Comedy
Directed by
E. Max Frye
Overview
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
Director and cast
- E. Max Frye Director
- Samuel L. Jackson as Andrew Sterling
- Nicolas Cage as Amos Odell
- Michael Lerner as Phil Gillman
- Margaret Colin as Judy Gillman
- Dabney Coleman as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
- Brad Dourif as Officer Donnie Donaldson
- Chelcie Ross as Deputy Earl
- Jordan Lund as Deputy Riley
- I.M. Hobson as Waldo Lake
- Jeff Blumenkrantz as Ernie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
21%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Cage is the only actor allowed to do riffs on his assigned part, something he takes full advantage of; the others are stuck with their two-dimensional satirical profiles, which grow increasingly tiresome and unyielding.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A hhandicapped satirical farce whose roots are not in life but in other, better movies and sitcoms.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
A very funny little film with big pleasures, and a most promising debut.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Although the movie strives mightily to teach its lesson, which is that you cannot judge a man by the color of his skin, the humor is undermined by the sadness of the basic situation.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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