Let's face it, if you're one of the ten people who saw this in theaters, you weren't going for an Oscar contender. It's a Hulk Hogan film, you were going to, at the very least, be entertained. Question is, does the film accomplish that? Well, I'll get to that.
Directed and written by Michael Gottlieb, Mr. Nanny follows the character of Sean Armstrong, a wrestler turned bodyguard, who is put in charge of guarding an inventor and his children. The inventor is the creator of an anti-missile project and holder of the computer chip, which holds its data that is worth millions of dollars.
The kids are not the best behaved to say the least and give Sean a lot of trouble by pulling multiple Home Alone-like pranks. All the while, an evil man is trying to get ahold of the chip and happens to be a former promoter that Sean wrestled for and disobeyed. Needless to say, the family gets kidnapped and Sean has to save them.
Let's get the obvious out of the way, the story is garbage. It makes no sense and the characters lack any sort of common sense. The computer chip angle was nothing new for the late 80s and early 90s. No one knew any better and many just assumed that's how computer chips worked.
The comedy is a juggling act. The Home Alone humor I'm sure sounded good in the script, but comes across as a cheap parody. The comedy is at its best with Sherman Hemsley, and Mother Love. They do their absolute best to work with the material that they have.
The rest of the performances are equally as uneven. Austin Pendleton just looks and sounds bored throughout the entire thing. David Johansen, on the other hand, is having the time of his life. He's one of those over the top villains that you just can't help but be entertained by. Robert Gorman and future television star Madeline Zima are actually fairly decent in the film.
Then there is Hulk Hogan. His performance is exactly what you would anticipate it would be. It's not absolutely horrendous, but not too far above that. I'll give him this, he does clearly try to deliver a good performance. However, that still doesn't earn him a pass in my book.
The film isn't helped by its look either. It's a film on a budget and it shows. The filmmaking is not crisp and some scenes just look like they were shot in one take.
So overall, it's mildly, entertaining, and doesn't offend anybody. Don't get me wrong, it's not a good movie, but not one that's going to hurt to watch once.
Directed and written by Michael Gottlieb, Mr. Nanny follows the character of Sean Armstrong, a wrestler turned bodyguard, who is put in charge of guarding an inventor and his children. The inventor is the creator of an anti-missile project and holder of the computer chip, which holds its data that is worth millions of dollars.
The kids are not the best behaved to say the least and give Sean a lot of trouble by pulling multiple Home Alone-like pranks. All the while, an evil man is trying to get ahold of the chip and happens to be a former promoter that Sean wrestled for and disobeyed. Needless to say, the family gets kidnapped and Sean has to save them.
Let's get the obvious out of the way, the story is garbage. It makes no sense and the characters lack any sort of common sense. The computer chip angle was nothing new for the late 80s and early 90s. No one knew any better and many just assumed that's how computer chips worked.
The comedy is a juggling act. The Home Alone humor I'm sure sounded good in the script, but comes across as a cheap parody. The comedy is at its best with Sherman Hemsley, and Mother Love. They do their absolute best to work with the material that they have.
The rest of the performances are equally as uneven. Austin Pendleton just looks and sounds bored throughout the entire thing. David Johansen, on the other hand, is having the time of his life. He's one of those over the top villains that you just can't help but be entertained by. Robert Gorman and future television star Madeline Zima are actually fairly decent in the film.
Then there is Hulk Hogan. His performance is exactly what you would anticipate it would be. It's not absolutely horrendous, but not too far above that. I'll give him this, he does clearly try to deliver a good performance. However, that still doesn't earn him a pass in my book.
The film isn't helped by its look either. It's a film on a budget and it shows. The filmmaking is not crisp and some scenes just look like they were shot in one take.
So overall, it's mildly, entertaining, and doesn't offend anybody. Don't get me wrong, it's not a good movie, but not one that's going to hurt to watch once.