Quick Change (1990)

"Bill Murray's funniest movie since the original Ghostbusters...  Michael Medved, Sneak Previews
"Bill Murray makes Big Apple sauce of New York, New York...  Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"Engaging...caper comedy.  VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever

Editor's Note Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid play three friends who decide to make a quick score by robbing a bank and taking off for a faraway island. They set up an elaborate, almost playful plan, but every step of the way either Quaid screws it up or New York City just won't let them go, allowing detective Jason Robards to get closer and closer. With the money strapped to their bodies, the hapless trio gets caught up in a series of misadventures as they try desperately to get to the airport.

	Bill Murray
	Geena Davis
	Jason Robards
	Randy Quaid
	Alan Heim - Editor
	Bill Murray - Director
	Bill Murray, et. al. - Producer
	Howard Franklin - Director
	Howard Franklin - Screenplay
	Jay Cronley - Based On Novel By
	Michael Chapman - Cinematographer
	Randy Edelman, et. al. - Original Music By
	Speed Hopkins - Production Designer

A frustrated New Yorker called Grimm hatches a get-rich-quick scheme so that he can escape from the dreaded city. Enlisting the help of his girlfriend and his best friend since grade school, the troubled urbanite orchestrates a complicated bank heist, during which he is draped in full clown regalia. Everything goes well until Grimm and his gang try to escape from New York. It is only then that the nightmarish chaos of the city truly asserts itself. They may never get out. Sight and Sound
"...[The film] delivers the comic goods....Murray's sublimely disdainful stare and flat vocal delivery remain a joy..." 05/01/1991 p.60

Los Angeles Times
"...The light comic wit of QUICK CHANGE has a lovely presence....The comedy of QUICK CHANGE is city-dweller humor, honed to a fine edge..." 07/13/1990 p.F1

New York Times
"QUICK CHANGE is a crisp, efficient and subtly subversive film that makes you wish Mr. Murray would get back in the driver's seat..." 03/01/2006 p.E4

Washington Post 7 of 10
...the main reason to watch "Change" is for Murray, of course. And no matter what formulaic claptrap is around him, he always redeems it with something comic. When detective Robards, following hostage-negotiation protocol, says "At least gimme the women," Murray replies testily: "Get your own women." - Desson Howe

Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
Quick Change is a funny but not an inspired comedy. It has two directors - Howard Franklin and Bill Murray - and I wonder if that has anything to do with its inability to be more than just efficiently entertaining... - Roger Ebert