Eddie Murphy and the Dummies

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This movie is called Eddie Murphy and the Dummies. It is the same plot as Trading Places. 

Kernal Klinger from MASH plays Bernie Maff, the guy who got caught a couple years ago stealing wallets from rich people and giving them to other rich people. What a Robert Hoodlum. 

Why I ought to!

Ben Stiller, the old hoss, finds out about it on account of him working at a hotel with a coupla other Nancies who don’t know shit about anything, stealing included! The Nancies are Ferris Bueller and Ben Afflack’s Brother. They all used to run a daycare center together in a previous movie I think. 

Mommy Daycare

Baby Daycare

Andy Capp Hot Fries

So the Good Guys have a secret meeting and get mad and all-stewed-up while Klinger swims in his Dollar Bill Pool, but they freely gave all their money to the rich old guy like idiots, so why are they complaining. They decide that its time that they steal back all the money that they invested because they believe in wealth redistribution whenever they get broke, but believe in capitalism whenever they are doing well financially.  (There is a ton of political subtext in this film.)  

We openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. Let's go physically overpower a senior citizen on the roof.

When we get rich, fuggetaboutit.

They want to kill Bernie for his money, but the main problem is the hotel they work at is loaded with booby traps, which is where Bernie is vacationing, so it’ll be hard to commit murder on him. Enter Eddie Murphy. Remember him? From the title? They need an assassin, so fast forward to Ben Stiller paying Murphy’s rent for him in jail. Here's their conversation, verbatim.



Murphy's like:

Who Are You.

Stiller goes:

Don't You Remember Me.

Murphy says:

Are You Trying To Steal Twenty Million Dollars and Kill a Man.

Stiller's all:

Yes.

So, some other junk happens like they commit several felonies and talk in the snow on the roof. Murphy prepares them for War and they place War Paint upon their bodies. 

Next of all, Precious, whom I keep accidentally calling “Previous” because I am typing this fast. Previous comes in and has the worst Jamaican accent I’ve ever heard. Including Eddie Murphy’s accent. Which is also Jamaican. 

Irie, mon.

Ben Afflack and the woman from the The Family Man preview probably end up getting married toward the end and then they all jump into that pool from before that’s shaped like money.  

Ay. I'm gonna marry ya, see.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough plays at full blast and the credits roll next to a blooper reel of Precious and Eddie Murphy aggressively flirting.  Everyone screams and howls at the joke of the idea of a woman like Precious being an object of affection.  

Then Ben Stiller falls down hard on the ground and looks like he’s having an instant nightmare.

Nude @ school

FAULTS:

Turns out, the characters keep accidentally slipping back into their old characters’ personae and it gets really difficult to remember what movie you are watching.  

PLUS SIDES:

There is a dance sequence where Ben Stiller is dressed up like a dance instructor because that is part of the heist plan. Lots of costume changes where people wear glasses and look completely different. Eddie Murphy plays all the characters.