Quigley

This movie comes down like a square peg in a square hole. A poorly made peg. A peg so cheap it couldn't even be produced in a sweatshop assembly line in Chinatown, Mexico. In fact, when you try to press the peg into the hole for which it is obviously designed, it crumbles into sticky, disgusting pieces that smell like rotting fruit and won't wash off. Quigly is such a peg.

This movie is so mind-bendingly awful, it couldn't have even been created. A movie like this must have been the result of some accident of nature; some freakish entity that congealed in the corner of a dank office somewhere and festered and grew until it was too big and terrifying to look at. Only science would be interested in such a thing; anyone not bent on studying it would exhume it from this world.

What it comes down to is this: if you're the kind to enjoy first year violin recitals, racism, or Coke Zero, it might just be your birthday.

I am a glutton for punishment in that I occasionally WANT to see a bad film. After all, they can be unintentionally funny. And so, when I saw that "Quigley" has an overall score of 2.6, I thought this one was for me! What I also noticed is that like many bad films, there seem to be some dishonest reviews which which say 'I love this movie!', 'Wow what an experience!' and 'An unexpected classic'...despite the 2.6 and MANY terrible reviews. Why they were so glowing is anyone's guess...but with a movie this bad, it's suspicious and confusing.

Archie (Gary Bussey) is a nasty man, as evidenced by over the top behaviorsas the film begins. In addition to being an evil boss, he also hates dogs. So, when he dies, he is punished by being sent back to Earth as a dog.... I kid you not.

My oldest daughter watched the movie and kept saying 'How did they get some GOOD and FAMOUS actors to appear in this awful movie?!'...and you do wonder. As for Busey, he was experiencing a lot off camera problems...but this doesn't explain Oz Perkins or Bill Fagerbakke being in the film. Perhaps Oz was early in his career and took the job because of this...and perhaps Bill's checks for voicing Patrick on "Spongbob Squarepants" bounced.

Overall, this is a film with horrid writing and is a chore to watch...and this would also be true for kids. It obviously was made on a shoestring budget and is one most in the movie would hope you'd never see! A truly awful and dumb movie with nothing to redeem it.

If you ever plan on renting (hopefully not buying) this movie, think again. It was as if Gary Busey had a gun to his head and was forced to act or die. I only wonder if Busey was arrested for something and was sentenced to play in this movie because I just don't see the guy that acted so much better with Keanu Reeves in Point Break play in this disaster. It was a feel-good movie, but there are thousands of other feel-good movies that make you laugh without wanting you to get your money back.

The only reason I would ever tell someone to rent this movie is to watch this movie is to see Gary Busey jump up and down like a monkey. If you want a good funny movie, pass up Quigley and go rent Spongebob or something.

While the dog was cute, the film was not. It wasn't the premise, or the theme that was a problem. The premise had great possibilities for humor and pathos both. The theme is a worthy one. Helping other people is more important than amassing a fortune.

Sadly, the adorable dog, the unique premise, and the theme were undercut by poor acting, stilted dialogue, and amateurish filming.

Even my youngest child who will sit through almost anything gave up before we had gotten halfway through. How many times can that dog run up and down the same hallway? I can't spoil it for you, as I never saw the end. It just was not worth watching all the way to the end.

I was looking to buy the original Benji movie on DVD, and this movie was included with it. I chose to watch this movie basically because I like pomeranians.

No it's not Oscar material and no it doesn't have state of the art special effects, but I also don't think it's as bad as some people have made it out to be. It was an okay movie. They did what they could with the money they had.

Big budgets and high quality special effects don't always equal a good movie. Seems like most big budget movies that come out nowadays are either all about the special effects (aka: weak storyline), low brow humor, or it's yet another twisted horror movie.

So this movie was nice in the sense that it wasn't the usual one of the above.