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Moon Over Parador

PG-13 1988 1h 44m Comedy List
42% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
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 (Sonia Braga), he decides to use his influence for good.
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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Dec 5, 2002 Full Review 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 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Misfire comedy starring Dreyfuss, directed by Mazursky. Rated: 2/5 May 11, 2006 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Dreyfuss at his usual, amusing best Rated: 3/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 May 31, 2005 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member Great farce, Raul Julia is fantastic Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/22 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member Raul Julia is great in this movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 (Sonia 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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