It's never going to be called great or a classic of any sort, cult or otherwise... It may not even be a star in Whoopie Goldberg's sizable crown, nor that of Penny Marshall who directed it. The cast is of course notable and contains the best of that year's top comics... but this is not why I have grown to love this film. I love coming home after a really frustrating day at work and, after chatting on the internet with sympathetic friends about the problems I've had, I throw some spaghetti on the stove & pop in this tape just to hear some of the lines
( "F***aduck!" "This has got some weird-ass lyrics!" "Mick! Mick! Mick! Speak English!"
"I'm down here on the docks at 1:30 in the morning. I should just pin a hundred dollar bill to my ass and scream 'victim here! victim here!'"
"How'dya like me to kick you in the nuts so hard they get lodged in your nostrils?" "My, that's a vivid image, isn't it?"
"I got moths. Big, junkie, mutant moths."
"You can't miss me! I'm a little black woman in a big silver box!"
"Earl, look at this face. This is the face of a woman on the edge." "I know, my wife has that same face."
"How are you?" "Oh, boy, well, y'know I hate my job, I hate this city, 'm a little bit lonely from time to time, I feel like I got my period every day but for the most part this spy stuff is... a big mistake... but other than that I'm great!."
"If I'd known this was the way to get a promotion I'd have blown up the place years ago.") ... lines that ease my pain and bring a smile to my face... to watch internet chat before the internet, before "chat" -- to laugh at the the suspension of disbelief required to believe the computer was talking to her in an english accent with her back turned to it... to actually enjoy The Rolling Stones, who I never listen to otherwise.
----- it's a gas!
( "F***aduck!" "This has got some weird-ass lyrics!" "Mick! Mick! Mick! Speak English!"
"I'm down here on the docks at 1:30 in the morning. I should just pin a hundred dollar bill to my ass and scream 'victim here! victim here!'"
"How'dya like me to kick you in the nuts so hard they get lodged in your nostrils?" "My, that's a vivid image, isn't it?"
"I got moths. Big, junkie, mutant moths."
"You can't miss me! I'm a little black woman in a big silver box!"
"Earl, look at this face. This is the face of a woman on the edge." "I know, my wife has that same face."
"How are you?" "Oh, boy, well, y'know I hate my job, I hate this city, 'm a little bit lonely from time to time, I feel like I got my period every day but for the most part this spy stuff is... a big mistake... but other than that I'm great!."
"If I'd known this was the way to get a promotion I'd have blown up the place years ago.") ... lines that ease my pain and bring a smile to my face... to watch internet chat before the internet, before "chat" -- to laugh at the the suspension of disbelief required to believe the computer was talking to her in an english accent with her back turned to it... to actually enjoy The Rolling Stones, who I never listen to otherwise.
----- it's a gas!