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Danger public

Original title: Pure Luck
  • 1991
  • PG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
8K
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Danny Glover and Martin Short in Danger public (1991)
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An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.

  • Director
    • Nadia Tass
  • Writers
    • Francis Veber
    • Herschel Weingrod
    • Timothy Harris
  • Stars
    • Martin Short
    • Danny Glover
    • Sheila Kelley
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nadia Tass
    • Writers
      • Francis Veber
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
    • Stars
      • Martin Short
      • Danny Glover
      • Sheila Kelley
    • 58User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Martin Short
    Martin Short
    • Proctor
    Danny Glover
    Danny Glover
    • Campanella
    Sheila Kelley
    Sheila Kelley
    • Valerie
    Sam Wanamaker
    Sam Wanamaker
    • Highsmith
    Scott Wilson
    Scott Wilson
    • Grimes
    Harry Shearer
    Harry Shearer
    • Monosoff
    Jorge Russek
    Jorge Russek
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    Rodrigo Puebla
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    John H. Brennan
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    Flavio Castillero
    • Doorman
    Maria Rosa Manzini
    • Girlfriend at Hotel Bar
    • Director
      • Nadia Tass
    • Writers
      • Francis Veber
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
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    Jacob-24

    i busted my gut laughing at this hilarity

    I loved this movie. It is always real funny. There is a good scene that is real funny and martin short gets stung by a bee or maybe a wasp. what happens next, i won't spoil it for you (Let's just say he gets a little fat). I fell off my chair when i laughed real hard at that.
    5jotix100

    Unlucky

    Hollywood should shy away from the inane types of remakes it tries to make out of some French films. This one in particular was based on "Le Chevre" by Francis Veber. French humor is not well understood once it's translated. The original film wasn't that great, to begin with. It's a mystery why Nadia Tass undertook to direct this film, at all. The screen play by Herbert Weingrod must have looked a lot funnier than what we see on the screen.

    Martin Short, as a comedian, is very funny. He has not fared well in the movies. It could be his choices that have limited him, or just that he is completely hysterical in one medium and with the wrong guidance, he will be not as funny in films like this. The jokes in this movie are too tired.

    Danny Glover, on the other hand, playing the straight man, to Mr. Short's funny one, fares better. The pairing of these two men sometimes work, but much of the time, even an experienced and talented actor of Mr. Glover's stature, falls flat.

    Watch it at your own risk.
    7likeminded

    Funny, funny movie

    This is a very funny movie that deserves to rated much higher than it is! I have seen it several times and always laugh hard. It was witty and cleverly written, and I think Short and Glover play very well off of each other (contrary to what many reviewers have said.) The scene in the mission is among the funniest things ever put to film. I don't need to write a book about this...you just need to rent it for yourself and you'll understand. It is a true comedy classic despite being a lesser-known film (like some of the other "bests" I might add.)

    While there is not a lot of "substance" to this movie, for pure comedy, it is amongst the best!
    0llin

    It can cheer up your day

    Is a great funny film that can cheer up any day of your life and keep you thinking on some of the scenes after it's been finished.

    The combination between Danny Glover and Martin Short even when is a bit strange it really works out in a funny way and how the story been such a simple plot can take you from the desert to end up in the waterfalls in the beautiful Mexico.

    There is a certain American humor that i can enjoy a lot, this film belongs to that type, because even when is about bad luck and how funny that could be, is never over the top and you are just waiting what would be the next thing to happen.

    I didn't stop laughing.
    GrantCAGE

    Wonderfully funny, slapstick adventure.

    What has everybody got against this movie? It's damn funny! Martin Short and Danny Glover going over from NYC to Mexico to search for the accident-prone daughter of Short's big company boss Highsmith. Monosoft, played by the brilliant Harry Shearer, has the idea of sending Eugene Proctor (Short) to Mexico with detective Raymond Campanella (Glover). The jokes come thick and fast and, although sometimes predictable, the movie goes along fine with plenty of wonderful slapstick thrown in all over the place. Probably the funniest scene of Eugene inflating to twice his size because of a bee sting in the helicopter! All in all, this is not a movie to be taken too seriously! It's a funny, light-hearted film with plenty of action and comedy thrown in that will always entertain well for people of all ages.8/10

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Martin Short sports red hair in this film rather than his natural dark brown hair he usually has. This stems from his work on "Clifford" for Orion Pictures which had been filmed around this time. Rather than change it from the dutch-boy hair cut featured in that film, he wore it in a perm instead to give it a wacky, unlucky look.
    • Goofs
      When Eugene gets the car stuck in the sand on the side of the road, Raymond is pointing a gun at the guy who kidnapped Valerie. The gun changes from a Colt to a Baretta several times between shots.
    • Quotes

      Campanella: My life was dull before I met you, Eugene.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Barton Fink/Double Impact/Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll/Pure Luck/The Commitments (1991)

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • ¡Qué perra suerte!
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(The scene in the beginning where they are driving over the granville bridge with the mountains & Bank of Montreal tower in the backround)
    • Production companies
      • Hivemind
      • Silver Lion Films
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,010,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,641,969
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,010,810
      • Aug 11, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,941,969
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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