Review of The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) by James M — 09 Oct 2013

As far as I know, this is the biggest box office bomb of all time, with losses of $96 million+.

I can't say I'm surprised, this movie is absolutely dire. Apparently, the screenplay was stuck in Hollywood limbo for nearly 20 years waiting to be greenlit, perhaps it should have stayed there.

I don't know who it's supposed to appeal too, it's seemingly meant to be a futuristic update/spoof of 30's gangster movies but it's too childish for adults and will probably go over the heads of kids.

Eddie Murphy plays Pluto Nash, a nightclub owner on the moon who becomes Mafia enemy #1 when he refuses to sell his club so they can build a casino in it's place. He goes on the run with waitress/singer Rosario Dawson & robot bodyguard Randy Quaid. Many fine talents are also on the cast list but each and every performance is just embarrassing. The effects look cheap and some of the sets look as though they were filmed in someone's garage.

It would be interesting to know how this movie cost $100 million (to think at least 50 better films could have been made with the same amount). Personally, I think most of the money went up one of the producer's nostrils.