Quick Change

Bill Murray co-directed (along with Howard Franklin) this mixture of The Out-of-Towners and After Hours, concerning Grimm (Bill Murray), a frustrated city planner who is fed up with the corruption and venality of New York City. Getting together a couple of accomplices -- Phyllis (Geena Davis), who ...more

Quick Change has one of the smartest first acts of any comedy out there -- enough for some viewers to consider it among Bill Murray's best vehicles, not to mention their favorite comedies in general. The scheme hatched by Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid to knock over a bank in the thick of downtown, then release themselves as frightened hostages, approaches sheer brilliance. The three seasoned performers play the marvelous setup perfectly. Somewhat inevitably, though, the film begins to ...more