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Buddies Nothing Goes Right Cons and Scams Crimes Dishonesty Love and Romance Partners Friends more...
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Comedy Crime
Time/Period:
80s
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New York USA Urban
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Quick Change, 1990

Starring: Bill Murray, Geena Davis

Directed by: Bill Murray, Howard Franklin

Written by: Jay Cronley

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.7

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Quick Change can be described as clever, humorous, and witty. The plot revolves around cons and scams, a situation where nothing goes right, and partners. Its comic aspect comes from a comedy of errors. Quick Change's main genres are comedy and crime. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. Quick Change is located in New York. It takes place in the 1980s. It is a remake and based on a book. Quick Change has received attention for being critically acclaimed.

Summary of Quick Change

Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid play three friends who decide to make a quick score by robbing a bank and taking off for a faraway island. They set up an elaborate, almost playful plan, but every step of the way either Quaid screws it up or New York City just won't let them go, allowing detective Jason Robards to get closer and closer. With the money strapped to their bodies, the hapless trio gets caught up in a series of misadventures as they try desperately to get to the airport.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	13 July 1990
Runtime:	89 min

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Bill Murray

as Grimm

Geena Davis

as Phyllis Potter

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TV Guide

Quick Change unfolds cleverly, keeping the audience in the dark on the robbery plot throughout the film's opening reel. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not Credited)

The New York Times

In films like Quick Change, he is bogged down by scripts that don't begin to match his comic imagination. Even though he chose and developed Quick Change himself, Bill Murray deserves better than this clunky, stereotypical comedy. Full Review

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by: Caryn James

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