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See No Evil, Hear No Evil

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

In "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Richard Pryor is a blind man and Gene Wilder is a deaf man. They both inadvertently team up when they are suspected as being the murderers of a man that is killed while at Wilder's store. They have to find a way to keep away from the cops while they try to find and capture the real killers.

"See No Evil, Hear No Evil" has some comedy sequences you'll never forget once you see them. The parts I remember the most are when the police woman is trying to get a head shot of Gene Wilder and it just doesn't work out for her,and the parts where Gene Wilder keeps saying times such as 1 o'clock, telling Pryor where to punch because he can't see who he's supposed to be hitting are funny too. The whole movie is hilarious, and I recommend anybody who likes comedy movies to get it.

I've loved this show since the first time I saw it many years ago! With all the awesome comedy movies that seem to, for some reason, not be available on DVD (like Pure Luck), I was so happy to find this one! It's a riot to watch and these two (Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder) are simply HILARIOUS!

Ok if your a gene wilder and richard pryor lover and don't own this Movie it's a Must Have. I think it's there BEST ever together (besides stir crazy) their other Great Movie with them But this one tops it off.alot of swearing so if you have kids make sure there 14+ To me this is there Best of the Best it's super Funny and I can wait it over and over..Buy it! it's a MUST have for your collection

* Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder have to be regarded as one of the
classic comedy teams of sorts. I was a fan of Pryor's ever since I
had the enforced opportunity -- while sweating in a barracks bay in
the middle of Texas during 1974 -- of virtually memorizing every word
of Pryor's album THAT N****R'S CRAZY while other members of my platoon
played it several times a night for a period of months. (Actually,
except for the monotony, I didn't mind: Pryor's skewering of
hopelessly square white people was not without justice, and was
balanced by a no-less-unjust and much more brutal skewering of his
brethren -- but I digress.) And though I am not a big Gene Wilder
fan, somehow he makes a perfect foil to Pryor.

In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL Pryor plays Wally, an excitable blind
man, who becomes extricated with Dave, a cranky deaf man played by
Wilder. Through a series of coincidences, the two are implicated in a
murder, and must cooperate to clear themselves and bring the real
killers to justice.

Now, anybody who has ever studied the least amount of statistics
(which roughly describes the level of my knowledge on that score)
knows that the distribution of almost anything follows what is called
a "normal" curve: there's a few things on the low end, there's a few
things on the high end, and there's a big bulge in the middle. This
movie falls clearly into the bulge. What can I say about a movie that
I can't have the pleasure of getting excited about or the satisfaction
of taking an axe to? Not that much.

To be sure, SEE NO EVIL has its fine moments -- a lunatic fistfight
scene is good for some very big laughs -- but there are slow moments
as well -- a most improbable impersonation tries to be funny but
merely seems stupid. Pryor occasionally reaches a pitch of lunacy,
but while his foul mouth (which actually seems a little tame after
getting used to Eddie Murphy) is sometimes good for a laugh, at other
times it seems ... well, foul. The plot is a thrown-together
contraption that adds no interest to the movie. (I think they must
have a computer program that generates such plots. Probably runs on a
kiddie PC.) It's a bit sad to put give such stars as Pryor and
Wilder such a weak vehicle.

In summary, what can I say about this movie? The HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE
TO THE GALAXY had the right description in a single word: HARMLESS.
[Minor update of review from 1989.]

One of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time! Pryor and Wilder are golden in this one of a kind comedy. Joan Severance has to be one of the hottest women in Hollywood!

This is, without a doubt, one of the funniest films I've ever seen. It walks the line between clever and juvenile as far as humor goes, but what a flick! Pryor and Wilder's chemistry is fantastic, as usual. These two have got to be the best comedy duo ever. They're both hilarious on their own. Sure, it might be a little un-pc to get laughs from handicapped characters, but I really don't think the film exploits that angle all too much. Most of the humor basically comes from alot of incidents of miscommunication. Richard Pryor's performance of the blind man is scarily realistic and well done. Wilder's once again the sarcastic wise guy he does so well. Most people have seen this before, but if you haven't, you shouldn't wait another minute. If you have seen it, see it again. Why not?

I have never seen such a greater idea than this movie. I think it is so hilarious, especially in the beginning when Wilder is yelling at the truck driver, and Pryor thinks Wilder is yelling at him! So hilarious, I have this movie and love it.

A good comedy with great comedians(Wilder,Pryor) and the presence of the voloptous Joan Severance in a good role(one of the murders) with good dialogs and gags.

A good entertainment.

I didn't even laugh once. I expected better from Wilder and Pryor. BAD

I didn't even laugh once. I expected better from Wilder and Pryor. BAD