Moon Over Parador

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Moon Over Parador

PG-13

1988

1h 44m

Comedy

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When the iron-fisted ruler of a small African nation dies, his top aide, Roberto Strausmann (Raul Julia), will do anything to avoid a regime change, so he recruits struggling film actor Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) to pose as the deceased political leader. Jack looks just like the man he's portraying, and, with Strausmann's expert instruction, he successfully fools the world. But as Jack falls for ravishing humanitarian Madonna Mendez (Sônia Braga), he decides to use his influence for good.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: 3/5

Dec 5, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Dreyfuss is good, too, but too human, and lacking in the wicked edge that might have put the movie over the top.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Misfire comedy starring Dreyfuss, directed by Mazursky.

Rated: 2/5

May 11, 2006

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

Dreyfuss at his usual, amusing best

Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

May 31, 2005

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

A mediocre and lackluster comedy with Jonathan Winters providing the only funny moments.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 27, 2004

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La F

I love this movie and Dreyfuss is amazing acting as an actor who is an actor. Raul Julia is spectacular in this as well. I don't know why this movie is getting such negative reviews; it's up there with What about Bob and Opus.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/23

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Audience Member

Great farce, Raul Julia is fantastic

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/22

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Joe E S

I don't understand the low ratings on this movie. I thought it was excellent. Richard Dreyfuss hams it up just enough to make it humorous. It makes fun of Hollywood, actors, American Foreign policy, third world dictators and the CIA. What more could one ask for?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/22/22

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Audience Member

Pretty much Dave which came along a couple of years later. Definitely not as good as Dave though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Raul Julia is great in this movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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s r

A little ridiculous, but still fun and close to the bone. I saw it for the great cast. YouTube was the medium.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

When the iron-fisted ruler of a small African nation dies, his top aide, Roberto Strausmann (Raul Julia), will do anything to avoid a regime change, so he recruits struggling film actor Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) to pose as the deceased political leader. Jack looks just like the man he's portraying, and, with Strausmann's expert instruction, he successfully fools the world. But as Jack falls for ravishing humanitarian Madonna Mendez (Sônia Braga), he decides to use his influence for good.

Director: Paul Mazursky
Producer: Paul Mazursky
Screenwriter: Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 8, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.1M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround

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