Quick Change

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Wayne K The comedy stylings of Bill Murray might not be to everyone’s taste, and I don’t think his involvement in Quick Change, where he stars, directs, produces and (allegedly) had a hand in writing the script, likely won’t change your mind. It’s full of his witty comebacks and deadpan reactions to ludicrous situations, and he plays well off his co-stars Geena Davis & Randy Quaid. It’s an often fun but frequently frustrating film where the farcical elements are not enough to override the nonsensical plot elements. The film has the classic plot device of a ticking clock, but there’s no consistency with it, and its never made clear when the time will run out. Quaid plays such an inept idiot that almost ruins the leads plans several times, but there’s no reaction to it, as if it doesn’t even matter. In a situation that does have stakes and consequences, these are completely forgotten whenever schtick needs to happen. Some scenes are fast and punchy while others are laboured and strain for laughs, and I couldn’t help thinking that this may have had something to do with the fact that Murray and screenwriter Franklin co-directed the film. I could most charitably describe it as solid but forgettable; decent but unremarkable. Aside from what I can imagine was a fair amount of improvising on Murray’s part, the jokes are mostly substandard and even awkward at times. I enjoyed many parts of it, but there’s numerous other Murray comedies I’d rather watch instead. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/03/25 Full Review Cees T Good, but forgettable. 6.5/10 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Flick F Quick Change is a quietly underrated, very entertaining film. Quotable too, very well written. The cast is top notch, Murray and Quaid are exactly what you expect from these two. Geena Davis, perfect fit in this film. This is a go to for me and my friends and we quote it all of the time. Most of you probably haven't heard of or seen this film but you should. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/26/23 Full Review Films On Blast F dark and hilarious. a deeply disturbing movie that holds the mirror up to humanity. BM is the best. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Nancy S Truly a big laugh out loud movie, I roared. I think being from Long Island, NY and dealing with traffic, especially in Queens and NYC helped heighten the laughs. Great performances all around, from leads to minor parts. Well written, including intelligent slapstick in parts. It's a fun, fun movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/23 Full Review Saso Q Quick Change is an important film, a valuable addition to the cinematic imaginary of escaping from New York, escaping as a Midnight Cowboy, escaping at the 25th Hour, but whichever way, escaping from a pit of despair. This film captures such transcendent thematic perfectly, and has only two major flaws readily identifiable; namely, that the escape plan depends on two factors, the first being they must slip away from their police 'rescuers' before the bank is raided, and the second being that they must have the utmost confidence that their phone calls will not be traced or identified. The first difficulty is that once they put themselves into the hands of the police and medical staff as 'released hostages', they are no longer in control of how long they will be held-up in that condition. Any move they make to quicken their processing or to slip from their 'hosts' would immediately raise the highest suspicion, so they can only hope they are released from their medical and administrative hiatus before a lack of response from inside the bank triggers an incursion. So too, they must have tremendous confidence that calling from a pay phone on a New York street will not result in any background noise that will betray their location. Given that it is in fact New York, there is no need for accidents with car horns for them to be denounced by the widespread cacophony of the streets of the city. Then, as far as calling from Fiji, again, they must somehow be sure that no caller identification or call tracing will be implemented. All this goes without mentioning that, clever as the reverse-psychology they used to vote themselves as the first three hostages to be released may have been, the entire plan rested upon reverse-psychology overcoming the primal selfishness and direct survival instincts of their New York prisoners, and this level of confidence is obviously bordering upon abject insanity. Put together, these are, it goes without saying, serious issues with the credibility and realism of an otherwise important and poignant work. Now if you will excuse me, the orderly wants me back in my room for lights out. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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