JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (15)
D: Penny Marshall
20th Century Fox (Lawrence Gordon & Joel
Silver)
US 1988
100 mins
Comedy
W: David Franzoni, J. W. Melville, Patricia Irving &
Christopher Thompson
DP: Matthew F. Leonetti
Ed: Mark Goldblatt
Mus: Thomas Newman
Whoopi Goldberg (Terry Doolittle), Jonathan Pryce (Jack),
Stephen Collins (Marty Phillips), John Wood (Jeremy Talbot), Carol Kane (Cynthia)
Increasing silly and tiresome comedy vehicle starring Whoopi
Goldberg as a kooky office worker who gets entangled in espionage.
The comedy swings into a wacky stand up comedy routine for its
star on too many occasions and it's not particularly funny.
Average entertainment, carried only by Whoopi Goldberg's
enthusiasm.
5/10