The Tall Guy

A wonderful cynical piss-take of the acting profession in London. Rowan Atkinson playing an utter PIG, a tasteless musical about the Elephant Man and a poignant audition at a modern play are some of the best moments.Played and directed with tongue... Full review

This is a very funny film. Jeff Goldblum and Emma Thompson are stand-outs. Rowan Atkinson is excellent as a smarmy "leading man" in the musical "Elephant!" who tries to sink Goldblum's chances in the musical. The love scenes with Thompson... Full review

Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) is an actor, who plays straight man to Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson) and is desperate to do something more with his life. With an Allergy to most things, he goes for his jabs at the hospital... Full review

Richard Curtis has written some impressive romantic comedies (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, Love Actually) and had his hand in the writing of some of the top British TV comedy of our time (Mr Bean, Not... Full review

Jeff Goldblum plays a gawky, downtrodden American actor living in England who plays straight man to an obnoxious, unpleasant comedian. Rowan Atkinson is the obnoxious, unpleasant comedian who torments Jeff. Emma Thompson is a pretty, deadpan nurse who gives Jeff's... Full review

"The Tall Guy" is an enjoyable little trifle, featuring Jeff Goldblum as an American actor in London. Rowan Atkinson is hilarious as a conceited bugger, and Emma Thompson plays Goldblum's love-interest. An interesting film, not a classic by any stretch,... Full review

I had never heard of The Tall Guy, and essentially still haven't, until it was shown on television a few years ago at about two o'clock in the morning. I was idly flicking channels and came across a scene with... Full review

Now, I have to say that I went to see this based on the review of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, both of whom could not get through a sentence without breaking into laughter when discussing several key scenes. I... Full review

Take an obligatory American - Jeff Goldblum - a gorgeous nurse (Emma Thompson), a script by Richard Curtis, long before going on to pen Four Weddings and a Notting Hill; get Mel Smith to direct and rubber-faced Rowan Atkinson to... Full review

This movie is proof that Britain was creating great comedies before Four Weddings and a Funeral.Written by the same man responsible for Four Weddings in Richard Curtis, this is a wonderfully funny movie following the ups and downs of an... Full review

So he has become a straight man for Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson), an abusive superstar with a long-running show on London's White Way. At the local allergy clinic, Dexter is smitten by nurse Kate Lemmon (Emma Thompson), but he endures a series of painful shots before he gathers the courage to ask for a date. ... Full Review

Actually, "The Tall Guy" was essentially a stupid idea. When you get down to it, the humor in "The Tall Guy" is pretty pedestrian, the kind of broad, eye-rolling British silliness even PBS wouldn't import. ... Full Review

People keep asking me all the time: why do they let Steven Seagal keep on making movies? Who watches them? Who wants to pay money for them? ... Full Article

The answer is C.(A. was proposed in "The Simpsons."B. was depicted in the satirical sleeper "The Tall Guy," starring Jeff Goldblum.I recommend you rent it.) ... Full Article

Local Hero : Again with the tweaking fun at the Americans, this time when a big oil company wants to buy a small Scottish town. [ buy at Amazon ] The Tall Guy : See it if only for Elephant! ... Full Article

`The Tall Guy" is a sweet, whimsical and surprisingly intelligent comedy about an American actor in London, who falls in love with a nurse and finds that he has to treasure the gift of romance and not take it for... ... Full Article

In this broad comedy from sometime comic actor Mel Smith (The Tall Guy), two women find themselves fleeing criminals. Minnie Driver stars as Shannon, a London nurse who finds her boyfriend Ray (Darren Boyd), a "sound sculptor," becoming increasingly dull... ... Full Article