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See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989 · 102 min

A breezy buddy comedy where slapstick chaos and mismatched friendship keep the chase light and funny.

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

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
  • deception
  • loyalty
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Written by
Arne Sultan, Gene Wilder, Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald
Starring
Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Alan North, Alexandra Neil, John Capodice, Tonya Pinkins
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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