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"Burglar"
Directed by Hugh Wilson
Starring Whoopi
Goldberg, G.W. Bailey
and Bob Goldthwait
★
There is only one
reason to see “Burglar”
and that is Bob
Goldthwait.
Although “Burglar” is
set up as a vehicle for
Whoopi Goldberg,
Goldthwait steals the
show. The problem is not
Goldberg, it’s the script.
Goldberg is far too
talented to be burdened
with the fifth-rate humor
in the script.
In “Burglar,” Goldberg
plays Bemie Rhodenbarr,
an ex-con forced to return
to her previous illegal
activities to pay off a
crooked cop, Ray
Kirschman (G.W. Bailey),
who has evidence that
could send her to jail
again.
Bemie’s heist of an
apartment is interrupted
by the murder of the
apartment’s owner. She
realizes she will be held
responsible for the
murder and sets out with
her friend Carl
(Goldthwait) to find the
real murderer before the
police find her.
The problem with
“Burglar” is the same
problem that plagued
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash,”
Goldberg’s first and
slightly better comedy.
Goldberg is a comedienne
capable of portraying
many funny characters.
When you have a script
that ties her down to one
character, she isn’t given
the chance to improvise.
In “The Color Purple,”
Goldberg did a fine job
because she was playing a
strong, serious role that
she felt strongly about.
Goldthwait, on the
other hand, gets to go
crazy. He’s a hyperactive
looney who seems
harmless but a little scary
at times. The scene where
he pretends to be a
delivery boy in the bar,
and the scene where he is
given a trash can lid and
told to hit the villian if he
moves, show pure
comedic genius.
Wait till “Burglar”
comes out on videotape
so that you can fast-
forward through all the
parts that don’t feature
Goldthwait.
—Review by Karl
Pallmeyer
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