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Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Leave your thoughts about Johnny Dangerously.
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordSome delightfully unexpected visual gags and off-the-wall one-liners, along with the good-looking period settings and a wealth of minor characters, give the film its strength. It becomes a little predictable in the middle, but the pace picks up in time for the classic final shootout. Despite lapses, infectiously good-humoured. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottJohnny Dangerously winds down as it moves along, eventually descending to a lowest common denominator of dopey adolescent gags that overpower the parody. Still, even at its thinnest, it remains good-humored and intermittently entertaining. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenLike most spoofs, it works till the joke gets old (about half way through) and then tedium prevails. But when it's good, it's really got the guffaws. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioHeckerling seems lost and distracted here -- the framing is careless, and the film moves with a stuttering pace. Why is this talented director being channeled into projects like this? |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe opening scenes of Johnny Dangerously are so funny you just don't see how they can keep it up. And you're right: They can't. But they make a real try. The movie wants to do for gangster films what Airplane! did for Airport, and Top Secret! did for spy movies. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumKeaton in starring role helps, but overall average laughs. |
| User ReviewIan RAll these fargin bastages are so funny in this flick! |
| User ReviewJared HGreat comedy about about pet store owner. |
| User ReviewHilaire PBest. Movie. Ever. If you have a bad day, watch this movie. If you have a good day, watch this movie. Just watch it!!! Its so funny, the grammar jokes are great and I love the acting. They are amazing :) |
| User ReviewKathryn MHINT: i don't own this fabulous movie... yet! |