Moon Over Parador

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Moon Over Parador

PG-13

1988

1h 44m

Comedy

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When Parador's fascist strongman drops dead the day before elections, actor Jack Noah gets the role of his life: assume the role of president. Noah's confidence grows with each speech and with personal support from the dead leader's sultry mistress, a champion of Parador's downtrodden masses. But when guerilla fighters strike, Noah wonders if it might be time to move to a new role.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2/4

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

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

05/11/2006

2/5

Misfire comedy starring Dreyfuss, directed by Mazursky.

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

07/04/2005

3/5

Dreyfuss at his usual, amusing best

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

05/31/2005

2/5

Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

08/27/2004

1/5

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

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

05/30/2004

3/5

Not really good, but the spectacle of Mazursky in drag almost makes up for it.

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10/08/2022

Great farce, Raul Julia is fantastic

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@Jim222001 08/28/2021

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

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06/01/2021

Raul Julia is great in this movie

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@ScottR 11/04/2020

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

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steve d

@RT35616104 07/12/2020

It's not remotely amusing.

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05/03/2017

This movie tried to make me laugh, but it rarely succeeded. There is a decent story in here, but it doesn't always flow well. Richard Dreyfuss seems to have a lot of fun in the role, but it still isn't enough to save the film.

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Synopsis

When Parador's fascist strongman drops dead the day before elections, actor Jack Noah gets the role of his life: assume the role of president. Noah's confidence grows with each speech and with personal support from the dead leader's sultry mistress, a champion of Parador's downtrodden masses. But when guerilla fighters strike, Noah wonders if it might be time to move to a new role.

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