Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked. I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the girl-nerd who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes really now, what's there to be embarrassed about
又是一年情人节,遭到流放的自大狂朱利安正和忠实的莫里斯失意行走在马达加斯加的荒野上。突然,他被一瓶从天而降的香水砸中脑袋。朱利安灵机一动,决心利用这瓶“九号爱药(Love Poison 9)”大做文章,重新成为万众瞩目的明星。狮子亚历克斯(本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 配音)、斑马马蒂(克里斯·洛克 Chris Rock 配音)、河马格洛里亚(贾达·萍克·史密斯 Jada Pinkett Smith 配音)以及其他动物前去凑热闹观赏这出闹剧。与此同时,搞怪不断的企鹅帮也开展了属于它们的情人节大作战,它们要亲手研制自己的爱情灵药。情窦初开的马蒂试图借此接近美丽的姑娘……
马达加斯加的疯狂情人节拉开序幕……
Now You See Him, Now You Don't is a 1972 Walt Disney Productions film starring Kurt Russell as a chemistry student who accidentally discovers the secret to invisibility. It is the sequel to the 1969 film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and was followed by 1975's The Strongest Man in the World.