Rating of
3/4
Chris Farley's final movie
TheWolf - wrote on 08/04/07
Farleys final movie... while it wasn't his best movie, his characters are always memorable. Matthew Perry was still on a kick from his career playing Chandler on the show Friends. The addition of Eugene Levy was a great choice.
Leslie Edwards (Matthew Perry) is the organizer of the alternate expedition, and seems the brightest of the bunch. At least until you realize that he thinks good choices for his team include Bartholomew Hunt (Chris Farley) as their wilderness-hardened guide with experience and Guy Fontenot (Eugene Levy) as the team's translator. Hunt is basically Farley playing himself, which is both hilariously funny and profoundly tragic at the same time, and Fontenot makes it clear that he doesn't know much about other languages. At first we give Edwards kudos for deselecting him, but when Fontenot lets it be known that he'll only join the expedition if his hot Indian woman (she's not a spouse or girlfriend to him, but property), Shaquinna (Lisa Barbuscia), can also come along, Edwards figures that they probably won't need a translator's services that badly anyway, so brings him on the journey.
Over all Farley has had some better movies, but this one is still one fans.
