Relentlessly unfunny and frantically directed to disguise its basic lack of inventiveness, OUT ON A LIMB, written by Daniel and Joshua Goldin and helmed by Francis Veber, fails to graft the style of a French farce onto an American action comedy.
Coyly narrated by Marci Van Der Haven (Courtney Peldon) in the form of a "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" tell-all to her grade-school class, the film begins with Marci begging her brother Bill Campbell (Matthew Broderick) to come home and investigate her suspicions about her stepfather, Mayor Van
Der Haven (Jeffrey Jones). Although this trip could jeopardize the deal of his career, the boyish finance whiz journeys home ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG
Length:
82 mins