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Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
2/13, 4/22
2/13:
Just about everybody in the cast for Once Upon a Crime is guilty of either overacting or bad acting;
sometimes, it's been both.
It's hard to watch the somewhat washed-up thespians trying to make something out of nothing as I follow the
murder plot. Traces of comedy have been nonexistent throughout. As a result, I don't remember who the murderer
is anymore.
Sean Young stinks. Richard Lewis flaps his arms up and down like a quack-quack-quack duck. Cybill Shepherd has
no more talent to offer after she took off her clothes in
The Last Picture Show twenty-one years prior. Always yelling,
John Belushi won't shut up. Hence, John Candy is the film's saving grace, being blessed with a couple
of witty lines. Giancarlo Giannini is okay.
All in all, Snatch did the dog angle better than Once Upon a Crime.
4/22:
Dropping my rating from '4' to '3', Once Upon a Crime still stinks.
The cast is seemingly all-star in name, but nobody can make a bad script happening. John Candy is the only one
with some good lines which is weird enough. In a way, the presence of Giancarlo Giannini reminds me of
The Pink Panther films, and he isn't bad.
On the other hand, George Hamilton looks like an overcooked turkey. Sean Young is hopeless who's stuck with a
bad actor by the name of Richard Lewis. Cybill Shepherd has zero talent while James Belushi yells too much to
no effect.
All in all, failing to be funny is the true crime of Once Upon a Crime.