Boring, long, and too preachy.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It's obvious from the get-go that this rip-off of "The Fugitive" has the intelligence level of Bullwinkle. At least with moose, we knew he was meant to be dumb and could always depend on squirrel to get him out of a jam. Dave Foley is the dumbest of all corporate V.P.'s, engaged to the boss's daughter, and so cocky, he truly believes he is in line for the much coveted president position which is about to be announced. The corporate Cleveland office he works in is populated by arrogant people who don't even know who he is, let alone that he's up (at least in his mind) for promotion. Even his secretary barely acknowledges him, and when she does, it is to let him know that his sobbing over having been overlooked for that position has been heard all over the office.So when future pop-in-law is found with a knife in his neck, Foley is so smart, he automatically pulls the knife out then scrambles for a way to get it neatly back in. On the run, he is chased by the actual killer who believes him to be onto him. But a small-town farm girl (Jennifer Tilley, very cute here in spite of the horrid movie she's in) and her banker father (Joe Flaherty) believe in him, as the police and the actual killer close in for the capture.This would rank 5 stars on the IMDb scale if you counted each of the actual laughs in the film. At one point, Foley says, "Have I said to much?", to which I responded, "Yes, ever since your first line in the movie." Only when the breathy Tilley is on does the film raise any excitement, although she barely escapes with her dignity when her narcoleptic character all of a sudden passes out covered in Spaghetti O's.By the time this movie came out, cinemas had been over-run with spoofs of the big blockbusters, and this ranks as one of the smelliest in the group. There is a nod to an obscure Hitchcock World War II classic, "Saboteur", which does create one of the five laughs I counted. Colm Feore is appropriately creepy as the actual killer, but he is so cartoonish in his villainy, you just know his own inner stupidity will do him in, if the wretched screenplay doesn't.

One of the most darkly-humorous scenes in Hitchcock's oeuvre is the moment in 'North by Northwest (1959)' when Cary Grant witnesses a murder in the United Nations building, and, before hundreds of witnesses, suddenly finds himself with his hands on the murder weapon. The makers of 'The Wrong Guy (1997)' had evidently been watching their Hitchcock. In one hysterical scene, protagonist Nelson Hibbert (played by Dave Foley) inadvertently does everything in his power to give the impression that he murdered his boss. He didn't, of course, and the police have already disregarded him as a suspect, but Nelson nevertheless strikes out for the Mexican border with the belief that he is the most wanted man in America.'The Wrong Guy' has a style of humour very much in the vein of "The Kids in the Hall," the oddball Canadian comedy troupe of which Foley was a member (he was also the voice of Flik in 'A Bug's Life (1998)'). The screenplay, co-written by Foley, also has a reference to the classic "Citizen Kane" sketch from the TV series. However, despite an extremely funny first half, in which our hero manages to dig himself into a deeper and deeper rut, the film loses some steam in its final act, when Nelson winds up in a stereotypical American town and falls for a small-town girl suffering from unexpected bouts of narcolepsy. Well worth a look, but not the classic it could have been.

OK...I've worked with Dave Foley and in person, he is just hilarious.For the most part, this movie just drags barely along...but there is something truly fantastic about this film...and I can't put the exact fact of what reason that is.It's not the ending...it's not the beginning and it's not the middle...so where does it lay? Well it's gingerly sprinkled throughout the movie - between the silly cop antics, the narcoleptic farm girl. It's the little pieces that make this movie funny...not the overall story - because it just doesn't have the glue for it.However this is far better than any Tom Hanks - Meg Ryan romantic comedy ever was or will be. This has heart...Of course it could have been written a bit better. The ending could have been more tight and some of the dialogue could have been more tight. There could have been more action and some really awesome stunts...but even without all that needed input, this film still manages to entertain.

I happened across this film one late night.I couldn't sleep until I saw the whole movie.I usually can predict what is going to happen next but with this movie I was surprised on each part.I thought he'd never get out of that trash can.Dave Foley kept me in stitches! Dave Foley portrayed a scared person who thought the whole world was after him.Jennifer Tilly was a crazy lady -- she kept Dave Foley going.Not a lot of big names in this movie but they all should be! My sister really enjoyed this movie too! The is a real laugh out loud movie!!!