Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

nialljames Wrongfully Accused is what you expect out of a parody. The best way to describe it is "average". You get a few good laughs but that's it. It references a lot of other famous films however these references are stretched, making the flow of the film choppy. The humour is also stretched, low and at times, a bit strained. It seems as if the writer was trying to make the script as funny as possible, but tried too hard. The result is a film that relies too much on sexual double entendres and visual gags. You'll get a few laughs out of it but don't expect much else. Go in with the right attitude and you will enjoy it.

Wizard-8 Although "Wrongfully Accused" was not screened for critics (usually a sign that a movie is bad), was released at the end of August (a low grossing period usually reserved for movies studios have little confidence in), and was pretty much rejected by audiences at the time, I still had a little hope that the movie could be good. That's because it was written and directed by Pat Proft, who earlier in his career had worked with the ZAZ team on the "Naked Gun" movies. I felt that maybe he had learned something with these guys on how to make a spoof movie.Indeed, the movie is jam-packed with gags just like the ZAZ movies. With that in mind, it is inevitable that at least a few gags would work. Yes, there are some moments that made me chuckle... but just a few. Most of the gags simply don't work. There is often an air of desperateness with the gags, as if Proft threw in every gag that first came into mind without considering if each gag was truly funny or not. But Proft doesn't just stumble with the gags. He makes the mistake of not making Leslie Nielsen's character a fully fleshed-out character. When Nielsen's character is arrested, we have been given little to make us care about his character. Nielsen does give a gung ho performance (and so does Richard Crenna), but the two actors have little to make characters.Though a lot of energy was put into this movie, it feels all the same tired and worn out. I think that the spoof movie genre has to be shelved for a long time until some new and fresh comic talent comes out who could revive it successfully. Until then, one should take into consideration that to date, Pat Proft has not directed another movie.

JJ19grey08 The turn of the century ignited a flame from what was once a mere glowing coal in the spoof industry. With films such as Epic Movie, Superhero Movie and Disaster Movie, it has become easy to see why this genre is mostly seen as feeble, with even weaker reviews to support it.Wrongfully Accused however is one of the very few spoof films that are worth giving a second look. Leslie Nielsen lends his natural parody mindset to this 1998 spoof of The Fugitive, as well as a cleverly delivered collection of other films such as Braveheart, Mission Impossible and Titanic. Ryan Harrison (played by Nielsen) has been, as the title states, wrongfully accused. Of murder that is. While running from the police, led by Lieutenant Fergus Falls (portrayed by Richard Crenna of Rambo fame), Harrison manages to not only escape from execution, but also disguise himself as a gardener, a fisherman named Buzz'n Frog, and a doctor, while acting as a private detective himself in an attempt to stop the killing of Sir Robert McKintyre from those who have framed him.As a Leslie Nielsen fan who appreciates his unique and natural sense of humor and expression, I would say Wrongfully Accused is one of his best films – a winner in not only the spoof genre, but in the comedy world as a whole. The greater your knowledge of films, the more you will appreciate this movie. Wrongfully Accused boasts many memorable quotes and hilarious scenes which never lose their flavor, and will put a smile on the faces of the whole family, young and old. Although it lacks blockbuster special effects and a strong original storyline, I feel it is a true comedy classic worth nothing less than 8 out of 10.

vchimpanzee Ryan Harrison is a talented but quirky classical violinist. He is also quite accident-prone: one member of the orchestra at his latest performance in Minnesota wears a football helmet.Terrorists want to kill U.N. Secretary-General Sir Robert McKintyre. And while Ryan is at the home of Hibbing Goodhue, he is attacked by a man with one arm, one leg, and one eye. When Ryan comes to, Hibbing is dead and Ryan is holding the murder weapon.We don't see the trial, but despite being "wrongfully accused", Ryan is sentenced to death row. Fortunately, there is a sequence corresponding to the train wreck in "The Fugitive". At first, it looks only slightly more realistic than the bus jump in "Spice World"--and that's not saying much. What happens next, though, is hilarious, and it works better if you don't know what's coming.The chase is on! Lt. Fergus Falls is the most brilliant and the most thorough detective in the history of crime, with amazing technological capabilities allowing him to find out anything and everything that could be the least bit relevant to locating and arresting Ryan. But will that be enough?Some gags worked, while others did not. One gag that did work involved a defaced wanted poster. I do remember so many hilarious moments in a short period that I laughed until I cried. Fortunately, there was relief from the rapid pace most of the time.I think I would have enjoyed the movie more if I had seen more of the movies being lampooned. "Mission: Impossible" was obvious--and the security system in the scene was obviously designed by Jews. I also noticed "Dirty Harry", "Titanic" and "Field of Dreams" were parodied.Leslie Nielsen didn't quite achieve the masterful performances from the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" movies, but I enjoyed his work anyway. The clever writing, of course, adds a lot to this type of film for which Nielsen is best known.Richard Crenna was no Tommy Lee Jones. I could tell he was spoofing the "Fugitive" detective, but something seemed to be missing from his performance.Melinda McGraw looked good, and she gave a decent performance as well.They can't all be "Airplane!" or "The Naked Gun" but I still had a good time.