Review of Mr. Magoo (1997) by Jordan K — 21 Jul 2013

In the late 90s, Leslie Neilsen had some awful films he was in, like Spy Hard and this wretched comedy. Disney had the same. Their live action films were awful, such as The Big Green and Meet the Deedles. But maybe the worst Neilsen and Disney comedy was the one and only Mr. Magoo.

Mr. Magoo, a classic cartoon about a blind elderly man, was never really funny to me or anybody I know. The one joke was all it was centered on and the formula for this joke, which wouldn't be funny in any cartoon, didn't work well. The film doesn't work any better, as Neilsen plays Magoo, a canned vegetable entrepreneur, who stops some bumbling jewel thieves along with his nephew Waldo. The film's jokes are so cheesy and old that it's near impossible to laugh. Magoo goes in several disguises in one scene and none of them are funny. The whole movie is a disgrace to the world of cinema, and that's all I can say.