Master of Disguise Movie Review 2002

This disjointed patchwork of lame comedy routines tries to masquerade as "family friendly" entertainment, but is revealed to be a mess that kids may tolerate and parents will hate. Pistachio Disguisey (Carvey) is a waiter at his father Fabbrizio's (Brolin) restaurant, where he displays a talent for mimicking all the customers. Turns out this is a family legacy, coveted by flatulent criminal Devlin Bowman (Spiner) who kidnaps Fabbrizio. So Pistachio has to get his act together, rescue dad, and defeat Devlin. There is no saving the movie, however. Running time is actually padded with 15 minutes of credits and outtakes.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 80 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Not-So-True Identity, Rescue Missions, Grandparents, Kidnapped!

Screenplay

Dana Carvey, Harris Goldberg

Cast

Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Brent Spiner, James Brolin, Edie McClurg, Harold Gould, Maria Canals, Austin Wolff

Cinematography

Peter Lyons Collister

Director

Perry Andelin Blake

Music

Marc Ellis

Other

Michael Dilbeck, Peck Prior, Sandy Solowitz, Domenic Silvestri, Mona May, Alan Au

Producer

Barry Bernardi, Todd Garner, Sid Ganis, Alex Siskin, Revolution Studios, Happy Madison Productions, Out of the Blue Entertainment, Columbia Pictures