See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)

Too much of everything

Thanks for the memories!

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This movie makes me laugh every time I watch it. It's sad that both of the actors died. They were the best ones in town, they will be truly missed.

While a box office success at the time, 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' was very negatively received critically and, while it has its defenders, many still consider it a lesser Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor effort.From personal opinion, 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' doesn't see Wilder and Pryor at their best. Of their four double act collaborations, my personal favourite is 'Silver Streak' while also really enjoying 'Stir Crazy' mostly (where the partnership between the two is more equal and even more inspired) if not as even (with a second half that doesn't fare as well as the first half). At the same time, 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' doesn't disgrace either Wilder or Pryor and doesn't hurt what made their chemistry so enjoyable in the first place. It's not a great film, but to me it is nowhere near as bad as reputed and a better film than their last collaboration 'Another You'.'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' has its good things. It's hardly a cheap-looking film, it's nicely shot and cohesively edited mostly. The music is a good, sometimes quirky, never over-bearing and rarely mismatched, fit.Not everything works here material-wise but some lines are funny, Pryor especially has some gems, and there are a few amusing gags. The concept of the story is a quite unique one, and despite some worries as to how it would turn out, the film treats the concept nowhere near as distastefully as feared. Not everything comes cleverly and there is a lack of taste and subtlety at times but there really has been far more offensive content.Like with their previous two collaborations, Wilder and Pryor are a well-matched double act and both enjoy themselves and give good performances as well as being convincing in their characters' handicaps. Although with a less understated and louder character, meaning that he could easily have fallen into the trap of being annoying, Pryor does provide some very nice moments, but Wilder's gentler in comparison performance is no less inferior and doesn't resort to mugging.Quite a lot is lacking however, or at least from personal view, in 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil'. While Wilder and Pryor are good, the supporting cast are less so. Alan North fares least badly. Joan Severance has sex appeal and allure going for her but exudes little threat or much personality for that matter, and to say that Kevin Spacey in a very early role went on to much better things later on than his too-silly-to-be-taken-seriously is being very kind.Scripting has its moments, as said, but too many of the jokes (even for the kind of the comedy it was going for and the film's concept) were far too juvenile and some so idiotic it nearly insults the intelligence. The story has an interesting idea but it became confused and contrived the more it went on (especially the caper element that was nearly completely lost amongst the humour).Erratic pacing (sometimes too hectic, at other times suffering from a lack of urgency) and the chaotic, and like it belonged more in a cartoon, action does no favours either.In conclusion, okay film if not great. Not that bad, while not with enough to passionately defend it either. 5/10 Bethany Cox

The odd pairing up of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryer always seems to work as it does in their other films! The film focuses on the misunderstandings and mishaps they get themselves into after they unknowingly become witness to a murder. Although Wilder is deaf and Pryor is blind, they use ingenious and resourceful ways of solving the crime together! They are funny because of the situations they get themselves into, not their disabilities. At one point, they end up stuck on a refuse carrier boat crossing the river because Pryor was trying to escape by driving a car which ended up on the boat even though he's blind! At some points in the film, you realize how intolerant and harsh the world is toward anyone with frailties, which brings you back down to earth with a bump. Though, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are two highly underrated talents before the camera. The adventures that these two poor characters go through is something that a wide audience can enjoy. The use of two ailments such as deafness and blindness is not exploited or made fun of, just used for great comic timing and situations. Also Stewart Copeland of the rock band The Police wrote the soundtrack music for this film. What else to say...Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

This film was absolutely hilarious with an outstanding performance by Richard Pryor. The premise of the film is very simple and centres around 2 men - Wally Karue (Pryor) and Dave Lyons (Wilder). Karue is blind and Wilder is deaf and they meet when Karue applies for a position at the same company that Lyons works for. Whilst on shift together, there is a murder in the shop where they are working. Due to the circumstances of the murder, Lyons and Karue are initially framed for the murder - (the victim gets shot, but Lyons had his back turned and didn't hear the gun fire and Karue couldn't see the person who fired the gun so technically neither of them 'witnessed the murder')What follows is an hilarious sequence of events in which Lyons and Karue set out to find the person responsible for the murder and at the same time try to prove their innocence. The murderer also has their own agenda when they discover that a gold coin (which is meant to be delivered to their boss in a suitcase with some additional equipment has gone missing and they attempt to track it down).Both Pryor and Wilder are fantastic in their respective roles (as I mentioned above I felt that Pryor stole the show as Karue and I felt he gave a better performance - if you look at his eyes throughout the film he genuinely does look as though he is blind which just shows how talented he was. Wilder was also good, but he didn't come across as being quite as convincing as Pryor. Kevin Spacey gave a great performance in an early role as the villainous Kirgo and Joan Severance is his accomplice - her performance as Eve I felt was merely adequate. SNEHNE provides audiences with lots of laughs, great acting, and a decent plot and story. It certainly made me laugh and I would highly recommend for everyone to watch this film.