See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Film1989103 min

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Taste attributes: comedycrimedetectiveunsavourylinearenclosedfighting evilunlikely connections

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"MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it."

Boxlist takeA crime comedy that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

fighting evilunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Richard PryorGene WilderJoan SeveranceKevin SpaceyAlan North

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1989
Runtime
103 min
Status
Released
Studio
TriStar Pictures
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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