The entire enterprise resembled one of those light 80’s comedies that would star Michael J. Fox, Robert Downey Jr., or even Charlie Sheen himself back in the day! Even the music was dated.
But this becomes somewhat charming in the film, and the jokes ARE relatively consistent, if on the cheesy side. It may sound like I’m giving a dud some slack, but in all honesty I have seen worse examples of the genre roll into movie theatres.
The plot is basically: Charlie is a hotshot stockbroker (Wall Street 2 anyone?) who makes a bad deal and goes broke. He is dumped by his advice-columnist girlfriend (former wife, current ex Denise Richards) and she moves to Brazil. Charlie needs cash so he secretly takes over her job, falling in love with the smart-ass but deep-down sweet Angie Harmon.
Mixed in with this are some quirky sub-characters played by Jon Lovitz, Rosanna Arquette, and especially Estelle Harris (George’s mother on Seinfeld) as Angie’s secretary Iris, who comes up with the most insanely hilarious sexual innuendo with Charlie I was laughing out loud more than a few times.
It is always nice when a film you have no expectations for turns out to be okay, and that is exactly what happened with Good Advice. 2.5/5.
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