Gone Fishin' Movie Review 1997

Long delayed comedy (thanks to some on-set disasters and well founded doubts about quality) finds best friends and bassmasters of disaster Gus (Glover) and Joe (Pesci) thinking they're going on a peaceful fishing trip. Instead they meet two women (Arquette and Whitfield) who are on the trail of a dangerous British con artist (Brimble). Pesci and Glover have reeled in one stinky old shoe of a movie here. Granted, it's not entirely their fault, but they should've known better. There are no surprises (or laughs) as every joke and set piece is tipped way ahead of time, just so you won't miss it. Less fun than a fish hook in the eye.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Go Fish, Buddies, Scams, Stings & Cons, Sail Away, Boom!

Screenplay

Jeffrey Abrams, Jill Mazurzsky Cody

Cast

Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Nick Brimble, Gary Grubbs, Carol Kane, Edythe Davis

Cinematography

Dean Semler

Director

Christopher Cain

Music

Randy Edelman

Producer

Roger Birnbaum, Julie Bergman Sender, Jill Mazurzky Cody, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista