He slimed me!

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2003)

At the top of my list of favorite comedic actors, right next to Gene Wilder and Steve Martin, is Bill Murray. These three comprise over 1/2 of my entire comedy collection.
This movie was beautiful. It was funny, not clever, but it was not intended to be an intellectual film. This is pure comedy with a little sci-fi and a bit more spirituality thrown into the mix, making for a great comedic effort. I was, and am, happy that their references to the Hebrew God were few. Far too often in films of this type, the dialog is riddled with too many references to religion. Here, they failed to do that, and made for a much better film, in my opinion.
Dan Aykroyd is another of my favorites, and his performance in this production is one of the reasons why. I love his ability to portray a serious straight-man to the comedic efforts of the films in which he stars. He stands there, straight-faced, and allows the laughs to rebound off his lines, his facial expressions, and himself. He is a quality actor, and he demonstrated that quality in this work.
The script was creative, the dialog was funny and endearing, and the performances were professional, top row comedy. I will refrain from detailing the story line here, as most everyone else has done that already, and I do hate to be redundant.
So rent it, watch it, then buy it.
It's definitely one for the collection.
It rates a 7.6/10 from...
the Fiend :.