Senseless (1998)

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers (WGA):

Greg Erb (written by) &
Craig Mazin (written by)

Release Date:

20 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A secret experiment gave him super senses. Then came the side-effects.

Plot:

A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.

Plot Keywords:

College | Drugs | Body Piercing | Sensory Deprivation | Fraternity

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Marlon Wayans	...	Darryl Witherspoon
Brad Dourif	...	Dr. Wheedon
Esther Scott	...	Denise Witherspoon
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Fertility Clinic Attendant
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Wig Shop Owner
Matthew Lillard	...	Tim LaFlour
David Spade	...	Scott Thorpe
Tamara Taylor	...	Janice
John Ingle	...	Economics Professor
Rip Torn	...	Randall Tyson
Ernie Lively	...	Coach Brandau
Jenette Goldstein	...	Nurse Alvarez
Kenya Moore	...	Lorraine
Constance Zimmer	...	Zestfully Clean Woman
Ken Lerner	...	Dean Barlow

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

93 min | France:108 min | Spain:95 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35777) | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | France:U | Netherlands:AL (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

During the ending sequence the song "Movin' on up" is playing as Daryl walks into his building he tips the doorman who is played by Sherman Hemsley, who was the main character in the T.V Show _"The Jeffersons" (1975)_ in which this song was its theme tune.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Patrick Ewing throws Darryl onto the court, Patrick Ewings jacket keeps disappearing and reappearing.

Quotes:

Darryl: Yo sir! Yo! Difference of opinion here.
Economics Professor: Uh, Darryl. And we can do without the yo-ing.
Darryl: What he's saying is let's help people by firing them. Now this seems to me, ebonically speaking, wack.
Scott: Perhaps Darryl does have a special insight into the blue-collar or, should I say, hairnet mentality.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Soundtrack:

Do You Want to Freak

Up there

Its easy for people to get hooked on the gross-out comedies like American Pie and Something about Mary, but when a comedy like this comes along and the actor is obviously having so much fun in the role that the jokes seem natural, its hard to pass 'Senseless' off as being anything but hilarious.

Marlon Wayans really has come about as an actor since Mo Money and that other movie I think it was called 'Dont go dissin your homeboy while drinkin yo juice in the hood', however Mathew Lillard cant seem to break away from that surfer dude retro generation exxer persona that we see in most of his films.

David Spade tries hard but Wayans upstages everyone.

9 out of 10