Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      Opportunity Knocks

      PG-13 Released Mar 30, 1990 1 hr. 41 min. Comedy List
      11% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 47% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Eddie (Dana Carvey) is a con artist whose schemes usually involve dressing as a meter man to steal TV sets. But when he learns that a large home he is robbing is to be free for a few months, he decides to move in. However, businessman Milt (Robert Loggia) drops by, so Eddie assumes the identity of the yuppie house-sitter who never showed up. Impressed with Eddie, Milt gives him a job and introduces him to his beautiful daughter, Annie (Julia Campbell), and Eddie tries to keep up the charade. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

      Where to Watch

      Opportunity Knocks

      Fandango at Home Prime Video Apple TV

      Rent Opportunity Knocks on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.

      Audience Reviews

      View All (85) audience reviews
      Audience Member Carvey is an unconventional but charming leading man. It foreshadows his "Master Of Disguise Approach." A better supporting cast would be nice but it's fun to watch a young Carvey go for it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review joel h Opportunity Knocks is obviously an attempt to show off the voices and impressions Dana Carvey was doing on Saturday Night Live. Some of the humor hasn't aged that well, but this is still an entertaining con artist movie. This could definitely be the nostalgia glasses talking, though. I loved this movie as a kid, so it was fun to watch it again. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Greatest movie of all time. LOU LOU LOU EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review pretty b this movie was awful Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Con artist breaks into an empty home and is soon mistaken as the housesitter who happens to be a friend of the real homeowner. Carvey shines in his first starring comedy vehicle. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Great work of comedy Dana Carvey. I am proud of your acting and intelligent ideas. I recommend that you're the best comedy ever! Let the laughs thrust in the air. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      Movie Clips

      View All videos

      Opportunity Knocks

      Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Born to be Wild Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Born to be Wild 3:15 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - George Bush Impression Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - George Bush Impression 2:45 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Tipping the Bathroom Attendant Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Tipping the Bathroom Attendant 2:25 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Bar Mitzvah Dancing Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Bar Mitzvah Dancing 2:54 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - The Great Sommelier Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - The Great Sommelier 2:36 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Boardroom to Bathroom Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Boardroom to Bathroom 2:48 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Eddie Translates Japanese Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Eddie Translates Japanese 1:30 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Holy Christ, I'm Jewish! Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Holy Christ, I'm Jewish! 1:41 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Eddie and the Remote Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - Eddie and the Remote 2:15 Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - You Do Not Talk When I Talk Opportunity Knocks: Official Clip - You Do Not Talk When I Talk 1:47 View more videos

      More Like This

      View All Best Movies to Stream at Home
      20% 59% The Cowboy Way 32% 48% Greedy 50% 61% The Dream Team 7% 42% Problem Child 2 27% 33% Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

      Photos

      View All Opportunity Knocks photos

      Opportunity Knocks

      Opportunity Knocks (1990) Opportunity Knocks (1990) View more photos

      Critics Reviews

      View All (9) Critics Reviews
      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: F Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times [Carvey is] an accomplished actor who can sell a real character. I wish the screenplay had developed that side a little more, and gone easier on the standard crime stuff. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Opportunity Knocks eventually progresses into a needlessly sentimental (and palpably padded-out) third act... Rated: 2/4 Jul 10, 2022 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 16, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Apr 8, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Eddie (Dana Carvey) is a con artist whose schemes usually involve dressing as a meter man to steal TV sets. But when he learns that a large home he is robbing is to be free for a few months, he decides to move in. However, businessman Milt (Robert Loggia) drops by, so Eddie assumes the identity of the yuppie house-sitter who never showed up. Impressed with Eddie, Milt gives him a job and introduces him to his beautiful daughter, Annie (Julia Campbell), and Eddie tries to keep up the charade.
      Director
      Donald Petrie
      Distributor
      Universal Pictures
      Production Co
      Imagine Entertainment
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 30, 1990, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 15, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $10.1M
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Stereo
      Most Popular at Home Now