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Gone Fishin'

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Gone Fishin' (1997)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:1

Rotten:20

Average Rating:2.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling... In this whopper of a fish tale, a pair of bumbling best friends on a doomed fishing trip in the Everglades manage not to catch a single one of the swamp's lunker bass--but in their angling escapades they do accidentally land a dangerous criminal! Willie Nelson cameos as the boys' fishing pro guru. [More]

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette

Starring: Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Edythe Davis, Carol Kane, Gary Grubbs, Jenna Bari, Samantha Brown, Jeff DiLucca, Jamil Akim O'Quinn, Frank Nasso, Raynor Scheine, Robyn Hackett, James R. Greene, Steve Wise, Claudia Haro, Jonathan Avildsen, Bob Noble, Jeff Prettyman, Judy Clayton, Antoni Corone, Dana Adamstein, Valerie J. Boey, Joseph Scalora, Tommy DeVito, Leonard Termo, Alfred Nittoli, Gary Morgan, Lisa Hewlett Keen, Dave Corey, Baynor Foy Crane, Mark Futch, Al Guthery, John Griffen

Director: Christopher Cain

Director: Christopher Cain
Screenwriter: Jill Mazursky Cody, Jeffrey Abrams
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Julie Bergman Sender

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They only highlight the sheer, witless desperation of all involved.

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08/03/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dumb n dumber middle agers Glover & Pesci in land and sea adventures.

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09/30/06
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

A terrible ride with two idiotic characters.

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05/23/06
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro
Film Threat

No review available.

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09/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Film is so formulaic that virtually every plot point is telegraphed way in advance.

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04/27/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Variety
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No review available.

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04/14/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

This is a film that misses the boat right from the start through an improper mixture of fools.

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05/20/03
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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Like any Pesci outing post-Goodfellas, this can be described with one word; that word is 'hackneyed'.

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03/26/03
Oz
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I hope the person that greenlighted this was fired.

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08/28/02
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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07/31/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Without question one of the stupidest comedies I've ever seen.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Comedies about fishing have never worked, not even for Howard Hawks.

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06/05/02
Dale Winogura
Dale Winogura
Boxoffice Magazine

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/12/02
Globe and Mail

Joe Pesci and Danny Glover need to get their agents on the phone, pronto.

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01/01/00
Boston Phoenix

After this and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, maybe the Academy will ask Pesci to return his Oscar.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Cut bait and avoid this trip.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The saddest thing about this unfunny, misguided motion picture is watching two performers I admire -- Joe Pesci and Danny Glover -- stumble their way through such obviously inferior material.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

An unfunny, meandering film attempting to be a comedy.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Maybe the sequel will even make me laugh.

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01/01/00
Russell Smith
Russell Smith
Austin Chronicle

There's certainly nothing inherently clever about the premise.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews
 
 
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