Opportunity Knocks
Seen it?1990 | 103 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, soft box office and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for fans of a good con and fans of mob stories. Half the pleasure is trying to spot the trick before the reveal. Fans of Midnight Run should feel right at home. A look inside a world of loyalty, money and betrayal.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
11% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$13 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 20K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Donald Petrie
- Dana CarveyEddie
- James TolkanSal
- Robert LoggiaMilt
- Todd GraffLou
- Julia CampbellAnnie
- Milo O'SheaMax
- Doris BelackMona
- Sally GracieConnie
- Mike BacarellaPinkie
- John M. Watson Sr.Harold Monroe