Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Man With One Red Shoe
Richard Drew is a concert violinist living a humble life, sharing his time with few good friends, one of them particuarly with prankster Morris. One day Morris decided to play tricks on Drew, by rearranging his footwear where he can only find two mismatch colors. Evidently Drew could not help but wear one red shoe and another with a different color. While walking in the airport, Drew is spotted by unknown stranger named Brown who happens to see Drew's odd fashion sense. This signal a code to Brown as he believes that Richard is supsected as a spy for a CIA branch that is rival to Brown's.
From then on, CIA agents including an attractive woman named Maddy is order to keep a eye on Drew and to get under his skin any way she can in order to get information she needs to forward to Ross, a guy who is head of their CIA branch. Still Drew has no clue that he is in the middle of heaps of trouble that he has no part of. The other CIA agency has a top men named Cooper who believes Drew has evidence of a drug deal what could put Cooper in the slammer. Drew not using any common sense, does not realize henchmen from Cooper's branch is sent to kill him and he is involved in every unimaginable traps, yet luckily he avoids every single one of them.
Meanwhile, after spending time with Richard, the two mutually feels an undeniable attraction between each other. Maddy is not the only one is crazy in love with Richard, so is Morris' wife Paula. Morris constantly plays childish pranks with Richard and Paula only sees her husband as a immature and childish person that never grows up. Paula quickly set the moves on Richard and at same time Morris deeply believes his wife is cheating on him- but never with his best friend. There are so much problems Richard is facing personally and the danger that is unknown to him.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Man With One Red Shoe
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- bungling spies
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
