Second Sight (1989)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Tom Schulman (written by) and
Patricia Resnick (written by)

Release Date:

3 November 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

He's in the detective biz with a psychic wiz!

Plot:

John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Mounted Fish | Sewer | Airplane | Nun

Cast

John Larroquette	...	Wills
Bronson Pinchot	...	Bobby
Bess Armstrong	...	Sister Elizabeth
Stuart Pankin	...	Preston Pickett Ph.D.
John Schuck	...	Manoogian
James Tolkan	...	Coolidge
William Prince	...	Cardinal O'Hara
Michael Lombard	...	Bishop O'Linn
Christine Estabrook	...	Priscilla Pickett
Marisol Massey	...	Maria
Adam LeFevre	...	Mike
Andrew Mutnick	...	Elmore
Ron Taylor	...	Carl
Mike Crossen	...	Cop Bloom Gallery
Suzanne Shepherd	...	Marilyn Bloom (as Suzanne Shephard)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Lorimar Film Entertainment

Trivia:

A clip from the TV series "Perfect Strangers" (1986) plays on the TV. In the clip, Larry Appleton is calling for "Balki." Bronson Pinchot, who stars in this film as Bobby, played Balki in "Perfect Strangers."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bobby is controlling the actions of the three hoodlums, he puts his arms down twice.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Wills: [answering machine message] Hello, you've reached the Second Sight *psychic* detective agency. We know who you are and what you want, so, at the sound of the beep, hang up.

Movie Connections:

References Shichinin no samurai (1954)

Soundtrack:

FREEWAY OF LOVE

I Expected the Worst and Came Out Smiling

I do love campy films. This one is surely just that. The humor is simple, it would best accompany the mood at sleep time or a while zoning after a long day of work.

There are plenty of films out there that should come first, but if you are looking for something light, you might enjoy it. It's more entertaining than a lot of the television programs out there so it can't hurt to watch this instead. What amazed me the most is the sense there was a decent budget to this (the airplane scene surely took some money).

I didn't expect to like this at all, but since I wrote a song which shares the same title, I had to see it. Any fans of Stuart Pankin should be happy that he is a main character for once in this film.