{"id":3746,"date":"2012-01-23T19:23:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T03:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2021-05-28T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T22:51:32","slug":"review-seenoevil-hearnoevil-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/01\/review-seenoevil-hearnoevil-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"See No Evil, Hear No Evil Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>See No Evil, Hear No Evil<\/em><\/strong> is Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder at their best. The story isn\u2019t great and in fact is quite dumb but the pair\u2019s comedic timing and chemistry makes the 100-minutes so worthwhile.<\/p>\n

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\nSee No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Comedy, Crime
\nImage | R \u2013 102 min. \u2013 $17.97 | January 24, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Arthur Hill
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Earl Barret & Arne Sultan & Marvin Worth (story), Earl Barret & Arne Sultan and Eliot Wald & Andrew Kurtzman and Gene Wilder (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Anthony Zerbe<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/strong>May 12, 1989<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>None
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Uncompressed PCM Surround)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plot: <\/strong>It was murder! The blind guy couldn\u2019t see it. The deaf guy couldn\u2019t hear it. But they\u2019re both wanted for it. Meet Wally (RICHARD PRYOR) and Dave (GENE WILDER)\u2014Wally is blind, Dave is deaf. When a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police collar these two unlikely buddies as their main suspects. A chase ensues as Wally and Dave hightail it from New York Police Department to snag the real bad guys\u2014the wickedly beautiful Eve (JOAN SEVERANCE) and her cold-blooded cohort, Kirgo (KEVIN SPACEY).<\/p>\n

The comedic pairing of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder are one of the best in history, right up there IMO with Walter Matthau\/Jack Lemmon and even Chris Farley and David Spade. Maybe it\u2019s that their styling\u2019s are so distinct but whenever they\u2019re on screen together, no matter how inane the plotline might be or how some of the jokes don\u2019t quite land, their friendship comes across the screen like no other.<\/p>\n

In See No Evil, Hear No Evil<\/em><\/strong>, the pair works so well with one another that even the jokes that don\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t hit the mark manage to do so thanks to either of their complimenting personalities. Now, I can\u2019t quite say this is a classic comedy but having not seen it in many years (and even then it was probably on Comedy Central), it\u2019s held up remarkably well. So despite any failings with the screenplay (by no less than 5 writings including Gene Wilder and a couple of past \u201cSNL\u201d writers), Richard Pryor and Wilder makes everything work from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

As a side, it\u2019s fun to see Kevin Spacey before he made it big and the beautiful Joan Severance who fills the vixen\/villainous role so damn well; though her own career is primarily comprised in more of the erotic thriller realm. The two, even in smaller roles by comparison, play up the villain parts without going over-the-top, a trait that wasn\u2019t exactly in short supply in 1980s comedy.<\/p>\n

The film was directed by Arthur Hiller whose career began in the 1950s in a variety of television shows (\u201cGunsmoke\u201d, \u201cAlfred Hitchcock Presents\u201d, \u201cRoute 66\u201d, etc.) before tackling feature films in different genres; his last one on record, sadly enough, is the truly atrocious National Lampoon\u2019s Pucked<\/em>. For SNE, HNE<\/em><\/strong>, his job probably was simple enough: just let Pryor and Wilder do their thing and make sure the camera is rolling. Of course, to his credit, Hiller\u2019s direction style isn\u2019t prominent yet at the same time he manages to keep the comedy pacing going with an even, steady flow.<\/p>\n

Overall, while I wasn\u2019t as enamored with See No Evil, Hear No Evil<\/em><\/strong> as some, it\u2019s still a flick with many funny scenes and just seeing the fantastic comedic chemistry between Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder makes it all worthwhile.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No features have been provided.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Image once again provides an avenue to which we can get some of these gems into high-def and frankly, I found this transfer to be pretty damn good, surprisingly enough. The film is presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and the 1080p HD transfer looks crisp and clean throughout. Colors seem to be well balanced and I didn\u2019t notice any obvious flaws like dust and scratches that often can show in older films.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc comes with an uncompressed PCM Surround track which, while not great, isn\u2019t too bad either. The dialogue levels are nice and clear from beginning to end and even the few fight\/chase scenes have a slight oomph behind them.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, See No Evil, Hear No Evil<\/em><\/strong> is Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder at their best. The story isn\u2019t great and in fact is quite dumb but the pair\u2019s comedic timing and chemistry makes the 100-minutes so worthwhile. As far as the Blu-ray is concerned, not surprisingly there are no features but the audio and video transfers are definitely better than the DVD counterpart. At a low SRP, you should be able to nab this for under $10 (maybe even in the $5 range) and at that point it\u2019d be worth picking up.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman<\/em>
\nPublished: <\/strong>01\/23\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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