Amos & Andrew
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Movie Reviews of Amos & Andrew
Movie Review: Really funny movie, with a good moral value
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is fantastic. Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson are great in it. There is tons of comedy relief throughout the whole movie. It's all about how a black man got accused of robbing a stereo, when he actually bought his house. It sounds like a dumb plot, but watch the movie, you will be glad you did. I thought it was the funniest movie I have seen in a little while.Movie Review: Funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. I have been looking for it forever. I thought it was great of the director to cast two great character actors for this film. I know in most of their movies they are now considered leading men but they started out as great character actors. I also loved Giancarlo Esposito role in this film. His take on Al Sharpton is hilarious.Movie Review: Amos and Andrew
Summary: 5 Stars
I have enjoyed this movie very much. I think the performances by all were great. I was happy with the conclusion and felt that sometime in the future there might be a sequel to this starring both actors again.Movie Review: awesome film
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie was in very good shape if i need to buy another it will be from this company thankyou ever so muchMovie Review: NOT SO POLITICALLY CORRECT
Summary: 4 Stars
AMOS AND ANDREW certainly doesn't do much to promote a politically correct stance on racism, but for a 1993 comedy, it does have its moments and has some interesting social commentary to make. Samuel L. Jackson plays Andrew Sterling, a wealthy black entrepreneur, who recently had his picture on the cover of Fortune magazine. He buys a summer house at a snooty island community, but no one knows it. While he's hooking up his stereo on his first night in the house, snooping neighbors assume because he's black, he must be a burglar! They contact the local sheriff and he takes a small Army to the house and a mishap by a bumbling deputy triggers an attack on Jackson. Once he finds out his mistake, the politically motivated sheriff (he's running for County Commissioner) decides he needs to clean up his act and does so by making a deal with a second rate criminal (Nicolas Cage) to pretend to be the burglar. Of course, things don't go as planned and there's where we get the rest of this broadly humorous film.
Jackson and Cage do well in their roles, Cage assuaging a restrained swagger and Jackson oozing his indignity as a black citizen in a white world. Dabney Coleman as the sheriff is his typically nasty and manipulative self; Margaret Colin and Michael Lerner are very funny as the couple who call the police; Brad Dourif is hilarious as the inept deputy, and Bob Balaban as a hostage negotiator is very funny too.
The movie is full of stereotypical characters, including Giancarlo Esposito as some kind of minister, and hopefully we have evolved from this racist kind of behavior. But AMOS AND ANDREW is entertaining and worth a look.