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- 1993
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 30 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 30 m
Summary A spy couple on maternity leave in New Orleans, entertained by a mugger named Muerte, is called in when Novacek steals explosives.
Directed By: Herbert Ross
Written By: Ian Abrams
- 1993
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 30 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 30 m
Undercover Blues
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Summary A spy couple on maternity leave in New Orleans, entertained by a mugger named Muerte, is called in when Novacek steals explosives.
Directed By: Herbert Ross
Written By: Ian Abrams
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
46
26% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Dennis Quaid's killer smile and Kathleen Turner's lovely legs are two of the up-front assets this winning comedy relies on to work its magic. But Herbert Ross' film also boasts a fine script, overall good casting and tight editing that keeps the gags flowing smoothly. [13 Sept 1993]
The script by Ian Abrams puts them through strictly formulaic moves, but it has flashes of wit and it's even literate. [10 Sept 1993, p.47]
As directed by a button-pushing Herbert Ross, "Undercover Blues" operates under the credo of "Grin, and the world grins with you." The ever-chipper Turner and Quaid try their damndest throughout, with Quaid often resembling a Cheshire cat whose face froze that way. throughout, with Quaid often resembling a Cheshire cat whose face froze that way. But all the pep in the world couldn't save this nonsensical mixture of low-rent espionage, low-ball slapstick and low-reaching cuddly family moments, like the baby's first steps captured in what looks like a Polaroid ad.
Turner, though as dewy-eyed as Doris Day, proves again that she is a comedienne to reckon with, and Quaid's playboy-tamed-only-by-domestic-bliss nonchalance is nearly as well played. Their repartee, while not up to the standards of Nick and Nora, is fast and funny and good-natured. In fact, this whole movie is so good-natured, I think I might have enjoyed a Shasta Black Cherry soda pop with my popcorn. Well, maybe some berry-flavored sparkling water…
Director Ross and his stars have been eagerly comparing Undercover
Blues to the Thin Man movies of yore. True, both feature a bantering
husband and wife team that excels at crimebusting, but Nick and Nora
Charles had more substance - and, for that matter, more style - than Jeff
and Jane Blue. And unlike their modern imitators, Nick and Nora had the
good taste not to smile so overbearingly that you wanted to punch them. [13 Sept 1993]
Take everything extraneous out of Undercover Blues and you're left with about 15 minutes of physical gags and banter, more than enough to make an amusing coming-attractions trailer but about 70 minutes short of a decent movie. [11 Sept 1993, p.F5]
When actors grin as much as they do in "Undercover Blues," you know that something is seriously the matter. [10 Sept 1993, p.40]
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