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Renaissance Man (1994)
Director: Penny Marshall
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Unemployed ad exec Bill Rago (DeVito) lands a civilian posting at a US Army base. He's to teach basic comprehension to eight 'squeakers' - the slowest new recruits. Armed only with an intuitively unmilitary intelligence and a well-thumbed copy of Hamlet, he does just that. Penny Marshall's film couldn't be more sincere. But don't let the poster fool you: this is no comedy, it's a two-hour-plus English lesson. Very much a product of the Clinton era, the movie has serious political intentions. It's an exhortation to America to face up to her social and spiritual malaise with a sense of responsibility, discipline and humanity. Too bad the director's such a lousy propagandist. In essence, a painfully earnest sit-com.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Penny Marshall
Producer: Sara Colleton, Elliot Abbott, Robert Greenhut
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Cliff Robertson, James Remar, Lillo Brancato Jr, Stacey Dash, Kadeem Hardison, Richard T Jones, Khalil Kain full cast
Duration: 128 mins
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