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- 1989
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1989
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Summary Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
Directed By: Arthur Hiller
- 1989
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 1989
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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7.2
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Summary Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
Directed By: Arthur Hiller
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
7 Reviews
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31% Negative
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5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
44
25% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
31% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Brisk, ingenious and funny comedy that happily reunites Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. [12 May 1989, p.6]
When it sticks to its strengths - broad physical comedy, Pryor's poetic profanity, Wilder's finely tuned panic - See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a modestly amusing comedy. Were it not so concerned about Speaking No Evil, it might be a good deal more. [13 May 1989]
If it weren't for the good will that the stars have built up over the years, See No Evil would pass without notice; even with the stars, that's what it deserves. But these are ingratiating performers, even when working far below their peak. Watching them, you find yourself wanting to laugh even when the laughs are undeserved.
Trapped inside its overwritten crime story is a breezy character study starring two men with genuine chemistry and a flair for both physical and verbal comedy. In the rare moments when Pryor and Wilder simply talk to each other, there’s the potential for a funny and poignant interracial two-hander like I’m Not Rappaport. It’s too bad that potential is squandered on a senseless murder plot.
This dubious concept might have worked if someone had written something funny for either comic actor to say. Instead, five writers are credited with this mess of pratfalls and bleeding heart monologues.
Full of cheap disability jokes, stupid car chases, and boring shootouts, and none of it is very entertaining. Wilder and Pryor struggle mightily to pull it off, but the comic duo are capable of much more than this gimmick-filled rubbish allows.
User Score
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Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
7.2
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Production Company
TriStar Pictures
Release Date May 12, 1989
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Tagline The first drop dead comedy of the year.
