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Rating: - All we have going for us is the City
"Quick Change" is just as exciting as it is funny!

This little-known 1990 movie stars Bill Murray who's also wearing another hat as director (as Grimm, the harried NYer,) Geena Davis (as Phyllis Potter) and Randy Quaid (Loomis.) Rounding out the cast in some very comical roles are Jason Robards (as Rotzinger) and Richard Joseph Paul (as Lt. Jameson.)

"Quick Change" has to be one of my all-time, top-five favorite movies because it is so incredibly hilarious and clever. Bill Murrary is especially stupefying. He just has such perfect timing and such perfect face expressions. (I love when Grimm says to the lady on the bus, who's busy shaving a man's head, "you're gonna even that out.") This film is also Mr. Murray's directorial debut and if I didn't know any better I would swear that he has been doing this for years.

The movie is basically the proverbial wish for anyone in NY; get the hell out of the city with a huge bag of money! With the help of his girlfriend, Phyllis, and his brother, Loomis, Grimm attempts to make all his dreams come true!

Some of the funniest, laugh-till-you-can't-stop clips were in the beginning after the clown (Grimm) locks everyone inside the vault. I love it when Phyllis says, "you're all a bunch of pussies" as she's apparently playing along as one of the innocent victims. BTW, when it comes on TV, they replace pussies with "patsies" which sounds even more funny!

Once the gang hit the road they have a few pratfalls and wind up getting lost. I couldn't stop laughing when they stumbled across that jousting match with the two gentlemen with the hoes on the bikes. Loomis tries to ask them for directions, before racing off saying, "it's bad luck just seeing a thing like that..." And, incidentally, did you notice how they just couldn't find their bearing? This is totally believable because NY is horrible driving in. The part where they stopped to ask the construction men for directions was also too comical. Grimm asks them for directions (as they're taking down the signs,) and one of the guys says, "I'm not from around here," just as a lady from across the street screams out the window to them, "shuuuuuuuuuut uuuuup."

After being held up at gunpoint (the crook only got 4 bucks!) Grimm, Phyllis and Loomis go to Phyllis' apartment to change. As they're changing Edison (played by the late, great Phil Hartman) walks in (who is the new tenant) and pulls a gun out as he yells to his wife, "we were held up three times in the Village, I'm not gonna let it happen again." Of course Grimm is able to talk his way out of it though!

They finally find a taxi, but he is pretty out of it. Tony Shalhoub plays the cab driver, an innocent, yet very inept person who doesn't know what the meaning of a red traffic light is! When Loomis sees another cab he opens the door and jumps out; as the car is moving!!

I also love the part when Grimm and co. walk into that old abandoned building (that the mob is occupying!) And Johnny (Stanley Tucci) points a gun on Grimm and says, "this ain't my d-i-c-k in your back," and Grimm says without even blinking, "that's a relief."

They finally make it to Kennedy and decide to split up. Grimm and Loomis go in the men's room to hide their money; as Grimm says, "those darn terrorists make it tough for us bank robbers." As Grimm and Loomis were sharing a stall (Loomis could barely walk after jumping out of the cab) an old man looks on in disgust and says, "you people can keep this city!" Aparently he was disgusted by those noises Loomis was making as Grimm was helping to undress him to get the money taped to his body! Sooooooooooo funny!!!

...With Loomis in a wheelchair, they go rolling for their lives as they run onto the plane, in just the nick of time! Just as they enter the jet, the miserable stewardess says to Grimm, "you think you're late enough." And Grimm says, "oh you must be from around here." I loooooove it!! It just can't get any better than that!!

I have absolutely no idea why the movie is rated-R though? Except for a couple of F words, there is really nothing in this that anyone would find objectionable. If you enjoyed this movie, you may want to pick up the book that it's based on. If you'd like to see Billy Murray (why he has not won an Oscar yet is mind-boggling!) in another awesome movie, I highly recomend What About Bob?.

The DVD is great and I am sure it will last for years and years. The picture and sound quality is second to none. And as a special bonus, it includes the theatrical trailer, too.

"Quick Change" is just such a masterful movie for anyone who enjoys comedy, satire, and fast-moving, action pictures! It's never dull and never slow-moving!

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