An air of desperation hovers over each episode of the incoherent story line.
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08/19/02
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:4
Rotten:68
Average Rating:2.7/10
Consensus: Despite its exorbitant budget, The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a listless, desperate sci-fi romp that lacks both energy and wit.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $4,366,829
Synopsis: Welcome to the Moon 2087. With all the natural resources mined out years ago, the Moon has become the new Wild West. A place where money and the right contacts can get you anything you want and... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Ron Underwood
Reviews for The Adventures of Pluto Nash
A film made with as little wit, interest, and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy Hollywood caper flick.
08/19/02
For a purported comedy, the film barely qualifies as funny, if even that.
08/19/02
Very stupid and annoying.
08/19/02
There's a reason the studio didn't offer an advance screening. "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" is a big time stinker.
08/19/02
Think of it as Ishtar on the moon.
08/19/02
A scandalous waste of cinematic resources: a comedy with no laughs, a sci-fi epic without wonder, an action thriller with no thrills.
08/18/02
The Adventures of Pluto Nash is an inane, tacky and stultifying experience for anyone to endure. Gee, talking about a meteoric miscalculation! What did you ever do to deserve this idiotic rocket-sized ruse?
08/18/02
A limp Eddie Murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of.
08/18/02
Aspires to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
08/18/02
The long-delayed "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" finally has been released into the end-of-summer Sargasso Sea of lost films where it will probably be quickly forgotten.
08/17/02
Intriguing Old-West-meets-Space-Age atmosphere, but lame attempts at humor mount up and lie there, unappreciated, like a plate of overcooked spaghetti.
08/17/02
Pluto Nash is barely in space.
08/17/02
We never thought we'd never say this, but, Eddie, please bring back the talking bear or put on the fat suit... or something.
08/17/02
While the film misfires at every level, the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what’s supposed to be a comedy.
08/17/02
What distinguishes this, Eddie Murphy's worst movie, from other alleged comedies is that its dollar-to-laughs ratio might be a record setter -- although computations involving the number zero do tend to get complicated.
08/17/02
Eddie Murphy tries to be the suave hero type again, and because of a very weak storyline, he doesn't really succeed.
08/17/02
So unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines.
08/17/02
There's certainly no intelligent life down here.
08/17/02
Sadly, though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear, they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction.
08/17/02
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