|
Actors: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Burgess Meredith, Billy Barty
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Foul Play |
|---|
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Gloria, played by Goldie Hawn, and Tony, played by Chevy Chase, are thrown together to solve a crime before it happens. Gloria is watching a movie when a man stumbles in and drops a package in her purse. She doesn't realize she has it at first and is pursued first by the albino, then the dwarf who want the package, which contains an incriminating piece of film. Tony, the cop, helps her and pretty soon they discover there is a plot to kill the pope while he is in town watching the opera. The plot is fun and Goldie Hawn, freely uses her characteristic ability to make a scream sound real, especially when she uses it to help escape being kidnapped. Brian Dennehey also plays a small role as Tony's policeman partner. Dudley Moore plays a memorable role as a man looking for some "fun." You'll never think of the song "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees, the same again! Burgess Meredith is Gloria's well meaning landlord. And Billy Barty plays a bible salesman that isn't treated too nicely when Gloria thinks he is the "dwarf" that the man in the movie warned her about.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of Foul Play |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- bungling cops/detectives
How much humor v. drama
- Lot of humor, but significant serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- gang
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| Revenge of the Pink Panther
starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Robert Webber, Dyan Cannon, Robert Loggia, Paul Stewart
|
| The Return of the Pink Panther
starring Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Herbert Lom, Claudine Schell, Burt Kwouk
|
| Starsky & Hutch
starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson
|
| The Gendarme Takes Off
starring Louis De Funès, Michel Galabru, Jea Lefebvre, Christian Marin, Claude Gensac
|
| The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
starring Louis De Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jacques François, Maria Mauban
|
|
Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR:
 BethG
SCHOLARS:
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
