'Bowfinger' entertains
By Yeoshin Kim
Summer Forty-Niner
Steve Martin is in
for the adventure of his life in his latest movie with Eddie Murphy. "Bowfinger"
is comedy that makes fun about the Hollywood industry and how movies are
made.
This outrageously
funny movie begins with a desperate producer, Bobby Bowfinger, played by
Steve Martin, who wants to hire the worldís hottest action hero for his
sci-fi movie.
The action heroís
name is Kit Ramsey, who is played by Eddie Murphy. Ramseyís character is
larger than life and his services are out of reach to a small-time producer
like Bowfinger.
Meanwhile the morality
stricken Bowfinger comes up with a brilliant plan to shoot the movie without
the knowledge of Ramsey being filmed as one of the main actors.
Unbelievable coincidences
leads the film crew to follow Ramsey around town to actually obtain the
footage they need.
Meanwhile Ramsey
is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and seeks solace in a fictitious
religion that resembles Scientology.
The producer Bowfinger
is out of luck when the action hero drops out of sight. He must find a
stand in look-a-like to fill Ramseyís place to finish his film.
He finds one, as
Eddie Murphy plays another marvelous dual role as the dim-wit but lovable
Jiff. The remarkable resemblance of Jiff makes him the perfect low-budget
stand in for the unscrupulous Ramsey.
While the movieís
ending falls short for the audience which expects something realistic,
it remains ridiculously funny throughout its entirety.
Murphyís dual roles
as Jiff and Ramsey resembles the multiple roles he played in the "Nutty
Professor." His ability to make this work again in "Bowfinger" proves that
Eddie Murphy is a comedy legend.
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