The Wrong Guy is a lot like a broken clock. Just as a busted timepiece is still right twice a day, there are enough honest-to-goodness funny people involved in this movie that it can't help but occasionally veer into comedic territory. And just as you can't rely on a stopped watch to tell you what time it is, you'll be sorely disappointed if you expect this film to consistently keep you laughing.Nelson Hibbert (Dave Foley) is a soulless young man working his way up the corporate ladder by marrying his boss' daughter. When even that isn't enough to get himself named the next president of the company, Nelson explodes in impotent rage and babbles about his boss being dead to him. Someone else actually does kill his boss and Nelson, in a mostly unfunny way, winds up with blood all over him and the murder weapon in his hand. Thinking he must be the prime suspect, Nelson goes on the lam. He's the only one who thinks the cops are after him, though, because the police actually have video tape of the real killer.A mistaken fugitive, Nelson incompetently flees for Mexico only to constantly run into the real murderer (Colm Feore) while the apathetic and opportunistic Detective Arlen (David Anthony Higgins) leads an investigation that makes the Keystone Cops look like the folks from CSI (pick any one). Nelson eventually winds up in a small town, falling in love with a beautiful woman (Jennifer Tilly) and doing some remarkably unfunny scenes with SCTV's Joe Flaherty as her father. The killer catches up with Nelson, the police catch up with them both and blah, blah, blah.I honestly laughed out loud at a few moments of The Wrong Guy, was mildly amused by a few others and liked the premise of handful more. For the most part, though, this mix of thriller parody and sketch comedy absurdity is lazy, self indulgent and has all the comedic timing of a sumo wrestler in a vat of molasses. Given some of the creative people involved in this production, it's remarkable how often this movie reaches for humor and falls pathetically short. If The Wrong Guy was a baseball player, he'd have a sub .200 batting average. What's especially aggravating, though, is that when this film does make contact, it hits the ball a long way. A gag involving a picket fence and how Nelson tries to return the murder weapon after picking it up are hilarious and some shtick involving the killer's overly complicated getaway plan and a ruthless farmer threatening to foreclose on his banker are really clever. Those brief flashes of fun are simply buried under an avalanche of jokes that either start nowhere, go nowhere or end up nowhere.I called this movie lazy and let me give you an example of how creative sloth really characterizes this whole thing. At the start of the story, Nelson erupts furiously when he finds out he's not going to be the next company president. He's completely confident of that because his boss/future father-in-law TOLD him he was going to be the next president. What does his boss/future father-in-law say to Nelson when he give the job to someone else? "I lied." That's it. That's all. Why would he lie? Why would he have to lie or even want to lie to Nelson? There's no reason or explanation because these filmmakers don't care or think it's important to build their humor on anything real. You can get away with that attitude toward storytelling if you really bring the funny, but The Wrong Guy left the funny in his other pants.If you've got a high tolerance for lame attempts at humor, you might enjoy the momentary sparks in this otherwise wet pile of kindling. For most people, watching The Wrong Guy would be the wrong choice.

I've seen this film many years ago on TV and I remember that it made a huge impression on me. Today I watched it again, but I wasn't expecting much because I was maybe eight years old when I first saw this movie. Not only it was funny but it was also very interesting and also there was something magical about it that gave me such a worm feeling in my heart. I think that people who made it are really nice people. There is no jokes who could insult anybody (like most of the comedy films does) but it still was very funny, it's an innocent humor. Though there was some dirty jokes, I still think that this film is good to watch for all family. By the way - the stunts were great.

I happened across this film one late night.I couldn't sleep until I saw the whole movie.I usually can predict what is going to happen next but with this movie I was surprised on each part.I thought he'd never get out of that trash can.Dave Foley kept me in stitches! Dave Foley portrayed a scared person who thought the whole world was after him.Jennifer Tilly was a crazy lady -- she kept Dave Foley going.Not a lot of big names in this movie but they all should be! My sister really enjoyed this movie too! The is a real laugh out loud movie!!!

Nelson Hibbert is outraged when he is passed over for promotion to the head of the company. He confronts the CEO but finds he has been murdered. He panics and, assuming that everyone will assume he did it and he flees the scene and tries to head for Mexico. The police find that the CCTV shows that the killer was actually a hit-man and they start trying to trace him and ignore Hibbert altogether. However the killer is also fleeing to Mexico and tries to avoid the police, but they are hard on his heels. The problem is that Hibbert assumes the police are chasing him and continues to run, while the killer assumes that it is Hibbert who is leading the police to him and sets out to kill him.I knew nothing about this film when I sat to watch it and I was immediately intrigued by the enjoyably stylish title sequence. From this clever homage, the film continues with a sense of humour that is slightly silly but it is not 'dumb' or 'gross' silly. Rather, it is quite cleverly written and involves jokes/material that are quite imaginative AND silly at the same time. Things like the unethical cop, the various twists on convention, the silly characters and some nice lines make it consistently enjoyable even if it is only occasionally laugh out loud funny. The twists include a family bank that is under threat from an evil farmer and many references to Hitchcock movies including quite a funny finale that comes out of North By Northwest. It is hard to describe the style of humour but I found it funny and I imagine those who have a slightly warped sense of humour will find much to enjoy here – suffice to say that if you fancy the idea of the end credits featuring a song from 'Moby – The Musical' then this is the film for you!The cast are pretty good but it is the material that makes them come across as such. Foley's 'everyman' is good – not an idiot but silly nonetheless. Tilly is given a lot straighter role and doesn't have as much good material – hence she doesn't really stick in the memory as narcolepsy is more a device that would be used by the Farley's as opposed to Foley. Writer Higgins is good as the cop and his interludes are consistently funny even if they are pretty much the same gag. Feore is good as the killer and has some funny moments late on in the film as well as delivering the line that made me laugh the hardest in 'I fell on my keys'. Small roles from Banks, Scarfe, Colantoni and a few others are all good mainly because their material is imaginative and quite funny, even if some of it is only one line.Overall this is a funny, enjoyable film that will not appeal to everyone but it will be amusing for those with a slightly slanted sense of humour who enjoy silly humour that is more imaginative silly than dumb silly. The material is pretty well written and contains plenty of nice touches even if the overall plot is just daft. I didn't know what to expect and I was consistently amused and laughed heartedly quite a few times – why this was badly treated everywhere but Canada I can't really understand.