Quick Change

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Cecilia S @Cecilia2 Aug 21 Quick Change is a getaway movie where the getaway is almost beside the point. Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid stumble through a city that seems personally offended by their escape, and every detour gets funnier, stranger, and more desperate. Beneath the laughs is something wonderfully poignant: sometimes the hardest part of running away is realizing you have nowhere that feels like home. See more Rebecca T @Rebeccaprosecco Jul 21 Quick Change pulls off the neat trick of making a bank robbery look like the easy part. Bill Murray weaponizes deadpan against a city that seems personally offended by efficiency, and every wrong turn somehow finds an even worse one. It's a comedy feuled by escalating bad luck and perfect timing, proving the real crime isn't stealing the money, it's trying to leave town with your sanity intact. See more Michael F @RT70787900 May 2 It's clever, sure, but sorely dated. The pacing is remarkably slow. The acting is terrible. It reminds me of a class I took in college where we read a bunch of American post-modernist novels and it's the same kind of pretentious-yet-whacky, "zany" kind of writing. I couldn't bother finishing it. See more Mitch C @PrimetimeMitch Sep 8 Bill Murray rarely makes comedies I don't enjoy and this is no different. The sheer brilliance of robbing the bank and then coming out as a hostage had me applauding. Whether or not this is common knowledge now I don't know, nor do I wish to dig deep into whether authorities can be fooled in such a way - I just found it great. What this movie does is give you a charming set of characters whose criminal activity is almost irrelevant to the support you have for them throughout. There's no real reason to root against them. It's silly in many parts and whether it has big rewatchability for me is questionable and it doesn't give you much other than the 3 protagonists - Jason Robards did have me laughing however. Gina Davis' character frustrated me somewhat towards the end though not enough to dilute her presence. Not a bad flick as a comedy watch. See more Todd F @Tiddlows 08/12/2025 A funny, quirky and engaging very NYC dark comedy. See more Wayne K @WayneKelso 06/03/2025 The comedy stylings of Bill Murray might not be to everyone’s taste, and I don’t think his involvement in Quick Change, where he stars, directs, produces and (allegedly) had a hand in writing the script, likely won’t change your mind. It’s full of his witty comebacks and deadpan reactions to ludicrous situations, and he plays well off his co-stars Geena Davis & Randy Quaid. It’s an often fun but frequently frustrating film where the farcical elements are not enough to override the nonsensical plot elements. The film has the classic plot device of a ticking clock, but there’s no consistency with it, and its never made clear when the time will run out. Quaid plays such an inept idiot that almost ruins the leads plans several times, but there’s no reaction to it, as if it doesn’t even matter. In a situation that does have stakes and consequences, these are completely forgotten whenever schtick needs to happen. Some scenes are fast and punchy while others are laboured and strain for laughs, and I couldn’t help thinking that this may have had something to do with the fact that Murray and screenwriter Franklin co-directed the film. I could most charitably describe it as solid but forgettable; decent but unremarkable. Aside from what I can imagine was a fair amount of improvising on Murray’s part, the jokes are mostly substandard and even awkward at times. I enjoyed many parts of it, but there’s numerous other Murray comedies I’d rather watch instead. See more Read all reviews

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