20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Release Date: July 19, 1985
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FilipeNetoApr 27, 2020
This light comedy film is another of Tom Hanks' early career films. He gives life to a totally normal guy who is randomly chosen to be watched by the CIA as a spy because of an internal rivalry within the agency .

The biggest problem with
This light comedy film is another of Tom Hanks' early career films. He gives life to a totally normal guy who is randomly chosen to be watched by the CIA as a spy because of an internal rivalry within the agency .

The biggest problem with this film is the very exaggerated and improbable script. Halfway through the film, I had already forgotten the issue that gave rise to everything, the Senate audit and internal CIA rivalries. It is simply too complicated for a light film like this, and makes everything else look totally silly, with professional secret agents watching over the life of a totally normal guy without anyone realizing that there was absolutely nothing special about him. I understand that this is also part of the comedy, with all its nonsense, but I think it didn't work well.

The only good thing about this film is Hanks good performance, still far from fame and acclaim, but also relatively raw in his acting. Beside him, Lori Singer gave a good support and Jim Belushi is good at comedy, but everything else is darkened behind the work of the three actors that I highlighted here.
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