RojoBowfinger
“Steve Martin, when did you stop being funny”?
This was a question (a valid one) thrown at Martin by a comedian named Dennis Pennis that had me in fits of laughter. Steve Martins reaction was not to react. He couldn’t react he had been trumped because Martin deep down knew that he hadn’t produced anything worthy of himself for years. I think that Martin went home and thought deep and hard about this harsh comment. Then I think he wrote Bowfinger as a big shut up to doubters.
Martin together with crony Frank Oz present Bowfinger, one of the funniest Steve Martin films ever and a much welcome return to form for Martin.
Martin is Bobby Bowfinger, a failed film maker who throughout making his master piece shows us shades of Ed Wood in his rough style and she’ll be right attitude. Bowfinger is a swindler, a talker, a rat-bag but very likeable. His machination for his film is that he will get the biggest star at the time to be his lead. Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) is a powerful deranged movie star. He is in Bowfingers new film (Chubby Rain) there is only one catch. He has no idea he is in the film. Only Bowfinger and a select few know that this is a farce.
Chubby Rain is a terrible sci-fi flick involving Alien love and melting cops. Ramsey has a delusion that Aliens are trying to harm him previous to this film making and as he is included unbeknownst into scenes this delusion become more and more tangible to Ramsey, till finally he is forced to go into hiding with his friends at ‘Mind Head’ (a not so disguised dig a Scientology). Enter Jiff, Kits look-a-like played by Eddy Murphy.
Now many people don’t like Murphy. “Yeah he’s funny but he can’t act so good” - wrong.
Bowfinger should be seen purely for Murphy for it is Murphy that makes this film as funny as it is. His playing of two characters is brilliant and my opinion award worthy. Kit a wanker film star with strange habits and ideas, and Jiff a plebe pure and simple. Aspirations to break into a career of errand running he is the embodiment of gormless.
There are other things that make this a great watch but I will let you find them. I will just refer to my favourite events.
1. Jiff crosses traffic
2.Kit in the car park
3. Jiff’s interview
4.Every scene with Eddie Murphy really
Bowfinger 7/10
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My favourite Steve Martin film is Dead Mean Don't Wear Plaid. The interchange between Steve Martin's character and clips from old movies are brilliantly done.
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my favourite stve martin was probably "the lonely guy" or "planes, trains and automobiles"