IMDb plot summary: A wise-cracking husband and wife team of ex-Spies arrive in New Orleans on maternity leave with their baby girl. There they are hassled by muggers, the police and their FBI boss, who wants them to do just-one-more job.
Directed by Herbert Ross. Starring Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, and Stanley Tucci.
This is a silly, fluffy popcorn movie whose entire strength rests on the fact that Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are just really dang charming here. The plot doesn't matter at all, none of the side characters are interesting (not even Stanley Tucci, who's usually a shoo-in), but Quaid and Turner set the tone early on and they remain the most entertaining part. I'd enjoy watching their lives even if it didn't involve spies and nuclear explosives. (Maybe even more so.) There's nothing groundbreaking or impressive about this, but it's a cute watch.
3 stars.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Undercover Blues > Lord of War
Undercover Blues < Manchester by the Sea
Undercover Blues > Blade
Undercover Blues < Auntie Mame
Undercover Blues < V for Vendetta
Undercover Blues < Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
Undercover Blues < Nine to Five
Undercover Blues < City Lights
Undercover Blues < Witness
Undercover Blues > The Shining
Undercover Blues > The Killing
Undercover Blues < Loving Vincent
Final spot: #1046 out of 2802.
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