Hopscotch
by Ronald Neame
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Actor: Glenda Jackson, Herbert Lom, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Walter MatthauDirector: Ronald Neame
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1989-02-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
Studio: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
VHS Movie Reviews of Hopscotch
Movie Review: Delightful put-down of stuffy bureacracies
Summary: 5 Stars
Walter Matthau, is, as always, a top performer, and this DVD is no exception. It is essentially a kind of pure American put down of stuffy bureacracies and bureacrats by the usual witty, bright, and go-your-own-way battler against city hall(s). Here Matthau takes on the CIA, FBI, and his opposite in the KGB (who is nonetheless a friend) and winds up twisting all their noses in the end and escaping their less-than-desirable intentions for him. Along the way are numerous hilarious turn-about-plays that will often leave one in stitches, along with a warm sense of satisfaction that at least fictionally, the stuffycrats have had their tails well and truly twisted.Movie Review: dvd
Summary: 5 Stars
this dvd was alot of fun to watch and the way the story played out kept you wanting to watch.Movie Review: Getting his own back
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most humorous, get the establishment I've seen. Walter Mattheau is superb as the opera singing, ex CIA agent getting his own back on the man who fired him. Many laughs and great imaginative writing. Buy this and have a fun experience.Movie Review: oldtimes
Summary: 5 Stars
Seems like old times. We have waited a long time for the release of a quality dvd of this "fun to watch" spy frolic and Criterion has done just that. Our package arrived in 3 days even with the standard shipping with the "ships free" option. We could not be more pleased.Movie Review: Love this film.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a witty, funny, and constantly entertaining film. We have watched it many times and recently gave a copy to friends who loved it as much as we did.
Summary of Hopscotch
Walter Matthau is in peak form in Hopscotch, a featherweight spy-game comedy in which he plays a CIA agent who's way smarter than his dimwitted superiors. That's the fantasy part--this amusing cat-and-mouse game is so lopsided that you can't take it seriously. The movie's charm is derived from the sardonic pleasure with which Matthau makes his pursuers look like idiots, after they've targeted him for "termination" for publishing a tell-all memoir about his tenure in "the Company." He's no stool pigeon, however; it's his boss (played with blustery thick-headedness by the great Ned Beatty) who's abusing his power, so Matthau recruits an old lover (Glenda Jackson) to join him in a globetrotting game of clandestine cleverness. Under Ronald Neame's too-casual direction, this is a not-so-wild goose chase, but Matthau and Jackson (reuniting after they had fun making the 1978 comedy House Calls) have an easygoing chemistry that's nicely balanced with Matthau's cantankerous shenanigans. --Jeff ShannonWalter Matthau Video
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