The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Acting
Martin Short's full-body commitment to physical humiliation.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI slapstick that actually hurts to watch.
Director
Nadia Tass
Martin Short
Eugene Proctor
Danny Glover
Raymond Campanella
Harry Shearer
Julius Monosoff
Sheila Kelley
Valerie Highsmith
Sam Wanamaker
Highsmith
Scott Wilson
Frank Grimes
Sharlene Martin
Nurse
Jorge Russek
Inspector Segura
Jorge Luke
Pilot
Ariane Pellicer
Girl at Club
Sergio Calderón
Night Club Bartender
Josefina Echánove
Nun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a remake of the 1981 French film 'La Chèvre'—both share the same director, Nadia Tass, proving lightning strikes twice with bad luck.
Sheila Kelley's scream work in the final act reportedly took 32 takes; she later called it 'vocal cord carnage.'
US
