Rotten
By turns frenetic and flat-footed, Mr. Magoo is an uninspired live-action comedy.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Mr. Magoo
You won't believe your eyes.
1997 · 1h 27m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Stanley Tong Gwai-lai
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Mr. Magoo
Overview
Mr. Magoo, a man with terrible eyesight, gets caught up in a museum robbery.
Director and cast
- Stanley Tong Gwai-lai Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Quincy Magoo
- Kelly Lynch as Luanne LeSeur / Prunella Pegula
- Matt Keeslar as Waldo Magoo
- Nick Chinlund as Bob Morgan
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Agent FBI Chuck Stupak
- Emie Hudson as Agent CIA Gus Anders
- Ernie Hudson as Agent CIA Gus Anders
- Jennifer Garner as Stacey Sampanahoditra
- Malcolm McDowell as Austin Cloquet
- Miguel Ferrer as Ortega Peru
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
7%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If you really hate your kids, pack them off to this slapdash farce, whose only funny moment is the PC disclaimer at the end about the Disney company's humanist concern for blind people.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Incomplete as a cartoon, indecisive as comedy, halting as adventure, Mr. Magoo turns out to be a shortsighted project.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Rotten
Here's where I'm supposed to suggest how the film might be better. But I can't think of anything to say other than to make the film again, with different writers and a new director.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
Only a couple of good gags in its pileup of otherwise lame jokes keep the production from being an unqualified stinker.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
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