The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

It is difficult to dispute the fact that Eddie Murphy is one of the greatest comedians of all time. In his sonorous and smeary image of Mr. Smith, Eddie Murphy plays the role of Jeff Johnson in The Distinguished Gentleman. Jeff Johnson’s profession is imitating other people. Due to the unexpected death of a fellow congressman named Jeff Johnson, Murphy’s character sees an opportunity for easy earnings as a member of Congress.

This movie is largely dry. All is roughness for the older-aged characters. At one point, when asked if she is interested in running for congress, the widow of a us congressman says, “I was a Washington wife for twenty years. One lifetime is enough for twenty years of Potomac bullshit.” Then, later on, the widow tries to sleep with Murphy’s character without respect for her husband.

So it does not contribute in any respect to the narrative of the movie, but it does provide a behind-the-scene glimpse of the life of a congressman. The political analysis in this movie progressively develops and explores the most secluded crannies of the various politicos.

Well, these moments are almost non-comedic as compared to countless other jokes that find their place in the storyline. Many are rather much funny! Jeff acts as an NAACP member and pretends to speak in the manner of Martin Luther King Junior. Pretty much every mannerism of King that he picks all create some humor.

All the plot points that I thought the film had skipped at times came full circle and contributed something to the narrative. Some characters make an appearance, disappear for a while, and finally show up at the conclusion. Where the film shines the most is in its casting. It is possible to follow what kind of actions or feelings existed in the people. As soon as a character opens their mouth, for the first time, you get to know their mindset.

The most assisted actor is Eddie Murphy who has entire depot towers of characters Б buckets of subtle character development. If for a second, he used to have no time that he entirely alters in just a minute. The work that he does is very impressive and funny because all the impressions are top-notch.

Murphy’s character, Jeff Johnson, is a hustler conman who has several conniving people around him as friends. Some of them accompany Jeff to DC after he gets elected and some of these friends go with him. The fact that Jeff is a criminal swindler adds many things to this film. For one, that element provides a lot of humor in the form of jokes. The most important, it is his defining feature. Wherever the money is, that is where Jeff goes and takes away a decent con scheme. There sure are better options than becoming a congressman in his eyes.

Some of the conning skills he displays in the movie like impersonations, help him succeed in the film’s endeavors. Conning is why he knows all the aspects of the game in the first instance. He uses his skills to resolve the main point of the film. The screech starts with a con and so does the end of the film. What I find impressive is, it is interesting that the resolution of the plot has some connection to the beginning of the film. Such as in this case, resolved scenarios are often frustrating where the character comes up with a solution from nothing and has nothing to substantiate it.

The political message is hard to miss. The group most poorly presented of all are the politicians. The vast majority of the ones we see are focused on money issues. At first, Jeff is only in it for the profits and so he joins their camp, but one has to consider how he alters that position after learning that power lines around schools may lead children to suffer from cancer. After raising the issue to a couple of congressmen, they are unable to do anything, and Jeff determines to make things happen.

Jeff takes the advantage of the fact that no one pays attention to the documents that are hidden somewhere to expose the political leaders with rotting heads that this and that cannot be crossed, or he has to do things which he was told not to touch. A slightly more straightforward example is when the opponents are shown laughing to the camera while it is stormy weather behind and the two situations are left to speak for themselves.

One of the most unpleasant features that the movie possesses, however, is the presence of Celia Kirby. The moment Jeff sees her, he becomes attracted to her. He then finds her and asks her out, but she turns him down. A few more such awkward encounters happen which he initiates with this particular girl and is unsuccessful again.

The two are however, at about the halfway point, on a romantic date. So why would she date him? All she knew him for was as a Hustler. Later, someone states that they’re in a relationship. But I do not recall Jeff ever being shown doing something for her to admire him.

In fact, there is a twist at the end of the film which is one of the best moments in the film. The audience learns from Jeff who is being talked to by the Chairman, the film’s villain Dick Dodge and another character called Olaf Anderson. The two also were self-incriminating in things that they said. Afterwards, Jeff inquires if he can do so at the hearing where many people and cameras are, how’s praise of Dick.

He produced a tape asserting that this is what he said in these conversations. The discussion does not follow before the tape is shown. All three of them, Jeff, Dodge and Anderson begin shouting at each other about scenes in the film and the various things they’ve accomplished over the years. They and Anderson find out the tape is nothing bad at all and angrily leave the place. They play the tape, then Anderson becomes panicked when he and Dodge learn there is nothing on the tape that would make them look bad.

For that scene Jeff had the camera with him before putting it down. I wondered why he took the camera with him in the first place but Jeff does not attempt to be discreet when he glances at the camera. This clearly outlines his plan where someone had definitely aimed a camera towards the location where the argument happened. He puts the tape on after recess when Dodge is captured by the police.

Having achieved successful victories, this man turned towards the audience boasting of his presidential campaigns and entertainingly mocks the camera.

Many of the critics have not been very fond of this film. The reviewers opine that the storyline is very ordinary and plain. While that is not something to appreciate, the point is its plot and the portrayal of the state which is modeled after our real-life state. It works, where it works. For the time being, a majority would agree that it depicts the current situation, or at the very least the situation of the 1990-s. Let’s hope that in the future, critics will slam the movie for not being realistic enough.

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