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When a movie does not fit in a genre....


Its a shame I've seen a lot of good films...and i've realized that when the people can't frame it in a particular genre the movies receive low ratings.

This movie is an example of this. For me is very good and deserves more rating.

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True. Same thing happened to The Frighteners. If a movie dares to be a little different, or is not easily categorized, it usually fails at the box office.

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ya this movie isa scifi thriller-romantic comedy not many of those!!


"He's in town with a few days to kill"

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Needed more laughs and less thrills.

Its that man again!!

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I think movies from this period suffered particularly from this issue because the idea of “home video” was still novel and a film had to fit in a particular isle at the video store. I remember even, as a kid, there would be an 'adventure movie' section, which I guess has been absorbed into 'action movies' these days.

Also, it's rather common place now to accept an established comedian in a dramatic role but at the time it was a risky move. I won't pretend for a second that this was Chevy Chase's 'Lost in Translation,' but he did a damn fine job and I think this is a good, entertaining film that holds up pretty well and deserved to have made a healthy profit at the box office.

Things are more moderner than before... San Dimas High School football rules!

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it fits into the 'invisible man genre'

H G Wells
The Invisible Man TV series
The Hollow Man
This, of course

there's enough of them

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