Shooting Elizabeth

I bought this movie in a platinum 10 DVD pack for $9 dollars but i would of payed $15 dollars for this movie on its own.The movie stars off with Jeff Goldblum who is unhappy with his marriage and decides to take his wife on a holiday to where they had there honeymoon and kill her.Jeff Goldblum does a great job acting in this film and if u like him you should watch the fly,jurassic park and independence day.The film has its funny bits and normal bits and it is a must see movie u should rent it or buy it if $15 dollars or less.Over all the movie has a good plot which never gets boring and it is a really enjoyable film my rating is 6 out of 10.

I found the film delightfully funny. I fell in love with Goldblum's style and felt that other roles (e.g. the Fly, the horrible Jurassic Park and the farcical Independence day, and one really bad film whose name I don't recall) never quite matched this one for allowing him to showcase his humor. (the fact that he could even give a whisper of that style to the Fly--a movie tragic enough to provide a difficult medium for any humor--is much to his credit as a naturally funny person). I highly recommend it.

I've always been a fan of subtle, often unrecognized humor. You have to be alert to catch some of the funny bits in this movie. I.E., some of the comments made by the French burglar. Jeff Goldblum plays the perfect "Woody Allenesque" neurotic. The movie has that low budget Indy vibe that I actually find refreshing. The film that was used was not exactly crisp nor was the lighting the greatest either. When you can get Jeff Goldblum and Mimi Rodgers, not exactly neophytes I might add, to act in this corny comedy; I think this director has a piece of work to be proud of. It's not "Meet the Parents" caliper, although that movie also has a lot of subtleties that could be missed if you've got a lot on your mind at the time you watch it.

Howard Pigeon (Jeff Goldblum) dreams of a dream girl and it's not his wife Elizabeth Pigeon (Mimi Rogers). They have an unhappy marriage. He has a fantasy of shooting his wife. They are redoing their honeymoon. He buys a gun to do a perfect murder. Instead, she disappears and he becomes the prime suspect.

Writer/director Baz Taylor seems to have mostly been a TV guy who made a few theatrical movies. This is really only for Jeff Goldblum fans as he does his thing in Spain. It is a lot of himming and hawing acting. It's fine for his fans. Mimi Rogers is not always pleasant, but she is the only one in this movie able to face Goldblum mano a mano. There are no other interesting characters or actors. Maybe they had a fun time in Spain.

Tired of 13 difficult years with his wife Elizabeth, water company executive Howard Pigeon plans her murder on their second honeymoon. However on the day he has planned the deed she disappears leaving him a Dear John note. However the police suspect that he has killed her and begin to put together enough evidence for a trial.

A silly plot is set out – but it's done with energy and that saves it. The first half is Howard plotting and the second half is him trapped in a web. The ending is a bit too tidy but it's quite sweet – bare in mind you'll have stopped looking for realism by the final scene. The thing that put me off is that it's set in Spain but it isn't used well at all – it feels like a cheap UK movie with the mix of accents and cheapish sets etc.

What saves the movie is Jeff Goldblum – although he only saves it if you like his brand of nervous Jewish tick stuff, you know, like he does in every film. He is funny and he is right out there in terms of overplaying every part of his character. Without him this would not be worth watching. Rogers isn't any good – and isn't in it too much and the mainly Spainish cast are not very funny either. Only a cameo by the great Burt Kwouk takes the eye of Goldblum.

Overall this is silly and feels cheap but Goldblum is great (unless you hate him) and he makes it worth watching.