You might imagine, Mad Dog and Glory had a bit of a balancing act to The temporary, uh, use of a prostitute named Glory (played by Uma Thurman). Niro as the meek, bottled-up police detective who saves his life and “earns” Love story/dramedy hybrid, which found both Murray and Robert De Niro playingĪgainst type: Murray as a Mob boss (and aspiring stand-up comedian), and De Tomatometer: 72%One of Murray’s more unusual (and lesser-seen) roles came in this Of Ozus’ World Movie Reviews put it, “As easy to handle as drinking lemonade Probably dearly love to forget, and the fourth installment starred Coreyįeldman and was released direct to DVD - the original is, as Dennis Schwartz Is especially fascinating as an example of what passed for raunchy in 1979.)Īlthough the franchise went on to suffer grevious misuse - Meatballs IIįeatured an alien, Meatballs III is something Patrick Dempsey would (If you haven’t seen it in awhile, Meatballs Interesting early glimpse at the development of Murray, screenwriter Harold Humor and light charm to go with all the hormonal antics, and it offers an It certainly isn’t Murray’s finest 90 minutes, it does have plenty of solid Meatballs was one of the first (and, not coincidentally, best). It’s always provoked a gag reflex in critics - but once upon a time, comediesĪbout sex-starved teenagers running wild at camp were all the rage, and 1979’s It’s a genre that’s long since been bled dry - and After all, you never know when he’s going to take another prolonged break from filmmaking, right? Get ready to laugh, cry, and pretend Garfield never existed.Īh, the summer camp movie. Bill Murray, on the other hand, owns that line - and with his latest film, City of Ember, opening today, we here at RT thought there was no better time to take a look back at some of his best performances. Most actors wouldn’t be able to pull off that kind of transition (see: Carrey, Jim), but then, most actors aren’t blessed with equal chops on either side of the funny line. He got his start on Saturday Night Live and made his big-screen bones on a succession of comedies that traded heavily on his easygoing, wisecracking charm - then kicked off the second phase of his film career by sublimating all that charm in a series of roles that took a less-is-more approach to exploring his dramatic side, and earned the best reviews of his career in the process.
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