Yellow Pages

Be carefull; to the best of my knowledge, this movie (Yellow Pages (1988) aka "Going Undercover") is NOT available on dvd. The dvd being sold by numerous sellers on Amazon is actually Yellow Pages (1996) starring Sam Taft, Laura Kelly and Sean Murphy. Same title, different movie.

Completed in 1984 but not released until four years after, this English production offers little of value. Apparently designed to be a pastiche of the hard boiled detective category of cinema, the work features Chris Lemmon as Henry Brilliant, ineffective private investigator who finds difficulty in obtaining employment other than locating lost pets. His luck appears to improve when wealthy Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) allegedly selects him directly from his advertisement in telephone yellow pages and offers Henry $2000 per week plus expenses to serve as bodyguard for her stepdaughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during a European travel junket for coeds. Marigold takes an immediate dislike to her chaperone while Henry's attempts to gain her approval meet with expected rebuffs. The arrangement becomes increasingly complex as a number of subplots appear, silly for the most part. Opening segments are laden with hopelessly unfunny slapstick following which elements of suspense are awakened... Read more

THIS IS A FAIRLY GOOD MOVIE ALTHOUGH THE STAR IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HIS FATHER AS AN ACTOR,THE LATE,GREAT JACK LEMMON.LEA THOMPSON WAS SUPERB IN THE MOVIE!!

It is quite obvious that "Going Undercover" was not a box office hit and rightly so. The movie holds your interest at first but then the plot gets lame shortly after. The script is weak and so is the performance of the actors. Lea Thompson did not do a good job playing Merrigold. (What kind of a name is Merrigold)? I have seen Lea Thompson in much better movies than this one.

When you watch Sam Taft in the role of the stumbling, bumbling, good-guy-without-a-clue Al Baxter, you can't help but wonder why Jim Carrey has all the money. Taft's deadpan, underplayed humor is an absolute scream to watch. I laughed out loud several times while watching this hilarious film, and I'm the type of guy that usually says, "Oh yeah, that's kinda funny," while viewing movies that make the average person howl and cry and roll around on the floor gasping for breath.This is the kind of film you should watch whenever your spirits are at their lowest -- it's an instant cure for the blues.-- Look for character actor Chris Ullman in the role of the mysterious, wacked-out FBI agent, Mr. X, in the infamous park bench meeting with the clueless Al Baxter (Sam Taft).Ullman should be arrested -- for scene stealing.I would have given this film a six-star rating, but you only let us go up to five!