Lost & Found (1999/I)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jeff Pollack

Writers (WGA):

J.B. Cook (written by) &
Marc Meeks (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy about a guy who would do anything to get the girl of his dreams - and did!

Plot:

In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero. Unfortunately, things do not work out as planned.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Neighbor | Dognapping | Deception | Apartment

Cast

David Spade	...	Dylan Ramsey
Ever Carradine	...	Ginger
Stephanie Chang	...	Restaurant Patron #2
Neal MacMillan	...	Restaurant Patron #1
Turtle	...	Turtle
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Mark
Lloyd Garroway	...	Waiter
Artie Lange	...	Wally
Coby	...	Jack
Sophie Marceau	...	Lila Dubois
Carole Cook	...	Sylvia
Estelle Harris	...	Mrs. Stubblefield
Marla Gibbs	...	Enid
Rose Marie	...	Clara
Natalie Barish	...	Mrs. Elderly Couple

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 (video premiere) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36306) | Greece:K | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

291 Bayshore Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

The part eventually played by Artie Lange was originally written for Chris Farley.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dylan and Ginger break into the club ("a little B & E"), the door is clearly marked PULL, but they push the door to gain entrance.

Quotes:

Dylan: I found him down by the pier.
Lila: Oh you bad dog! I should spank you.
Dylan: Ooh, hey, I was down by the pier too.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Old Yeller (1957)

Soundtrack:

September

'Lost & Found'

The idea of David Spade being cast in a romantic comedy opposite french beauty Sophie Marceau is a real head-scratcher. But the movie sort of works. Spade plays Dylan, a restaurant owner who's hot for his new neighbor Lila Dubois (Sophie Marceau). Just by looking at the poster of this movie, it's pretty clear that Lila is totally out of Dylan's league. Dylan realizes this when Lila's rich ex-boyfriend, Rene (Patrick Bruel), shows up. So, to impress Lila and make her forget about her ex, he kidnaps her dog and plans to become a hero by returning it to her later.

Despite the lack of any real chemistry between Spade and Morceau and the rather silly plot,'Lost & Found' can be entertaining. You just have to suspend belief and not really think while watching. But still I'd take 'Lost & Found' over any other flops by other former SNL clowns, did anyone say 'Corky Romano'.

Rating: (6/10)