Synopsis
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.
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Cast
- Chris FarleyHaru
- Nicollette SheridanAllison Page / Sally Jones
- Robin ShouGobei
- Nathaniel ParkerMartin Tanley
- Chris RockJoey
- Soon-Tek OhSensei
- Keith CookeNobu
- François ChauIzumo
- Dale IshimotoOld Japanese Man
- Daming ChenHead Kobudosai
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
This is a movie in which the audience knows half the gags in advance, but thanks to director Dennis Dugan's timing and Farley's execution, the audience doesn't just laugh anyway, but laughs harder. Knowing in advance is part of the fun. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The slapstick and the sight gags come thick and fast, as they have throughout a hundred years of screen comedy, yet director Dennis Dugan and writers Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff keep everything light and bouncy. - 70
Variety
This sweet saga of an underachiever who makes good is surprisingly appealing and sure to broaden the portly comic's fan base. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
As coarse, vulgar, adolescent action comedies go, Beverly Hills Ninja comes across as relatively tame - less profanity, less violence, less sex than typical for this "Naked Gun" wannabe. - 40
The New York Times
If you're nostalgic for the third grade and all those little wads of wet paper bouncing off the back of your neck, Beverly Hills Ninja is the movie for you. It is one extended fat joke, tricked out in ceremonial robes. - 38
ReelViews
Beverly Hills Ninja is essentially a one-joke film. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
But when the writers run out of ideas, they simply have Farley walk into a lamppost, or cop from old SNL skits. - 20
TV Guide Magazine
Farley -- one of the few comedians who could ever be justly accused of debasing the pratfall -- has made a film that's tantamount to watching an overweight man slip on a banana peel for nearly 90 minutes.
