Review of See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) by Chris H — 12 Sep 2010

Coming up with a good and original concept is always the first challenge facing any comedy film and See No Evil, Hear No Evil certainly managed to do both. Coupled with two excellent comedic actors in Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder it was always going to be a good light hearted fun.

Pryor plays a blind man who pretends he can see and Wilder plays a deaf man who pretends he can hear. Wilder ends up hiring Pryor to help him at his news stand and an unlikely friendship ensues. Unfortunately for our two new friends they end up witnessing a murder, Pryor hears it and Wilder sees it. The killers donâ??t want to take any chances and decide to kill our two friends who must band to together in order to survive and to solve the case.

Pairing up a deaf man with a blind man is a perfect setup for comedy gold and there are quite a few good jokes to be found hear. Both men donâ??t want to admit to their disabilities with Pryor and Wilder working excellently together to create some great visual and dialogue driven comedy. Yes the murder plot is nothing new but really itâ??s just a setup to provide us with some good jokes. Itâ??s well directed and zips along at a nice pace. Itâ??s good light hearted entertainment and you could do worse than watch this on rainy day.