IMDb RATING
5.3/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy.On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy.On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy.
Brian Dennehy
- Mayor Frizzoli
- (credit only)
Paul Coeur
- Deputy Police Chief Dunaway
- (as Paul Jolicoeur)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSecond theatrical movie role of Jim Carrey, the first being All in Good Taste (1983).
- Quotes
Michael Rangeloff: That's an expensive watch!
Pawnbroker: So take off the clothes and put on the watch. See how many restaurants you get into.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Jim Carrey: Class Clown (1998)
Featured review
Jim Carrey eventually found fame and kept it; plus, I see a tiny link to current events.
In the grand scheme of things, "Finders Keepers" is one of those silly comedies that they cranked out in the '80s. This one has a scam artist (Michael O'Keefe, of "Caddyshack" fame) accidentally getting mixed up in a wacky larceny case on a train after he has to escape the cops and a roller skate team in 1973. You see, he thinks that a coffin on board the train holds a man killed in Cambodia, but it actually holds an exorbitant amount of money stolen by a woman believed to have been kidnapped. If that sounds overwhelming, just wait 'til you see what happens on the train! The point is, this movie makes no pretense about being completely goofy. Probably the main reason that anyone would notice it nowadays is the presence of a pre-fame Jim Carrey as...well, I might spoil a major part of the movie if I explain it. But one can see a slight hint of the roles that would later make him famous.
Speaking of the present day, there's a link in "FK": Watergate. Throughout much of the movie, we hear about Pres. Nixon (Nickerson?), the Watergate investigations, and how Spiro Agnew may not last in his position. Agnew was of course replaced by the recently deceased Gerald Ford. Personally, I believe that Ford doesn't deserve the praise that he's been getting (what really did he do besides fall down?).
But anyway, this is a pretty funny movie. You're sure to like it. Also starring Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter and Brian Dennehy.
Back when Richard Lester was directing The Beatles' movies, who ever would have guessed that he would direct this flick?
Speaking of the present day, there's a link in "FK": Watergate. Throughout much of the movie, we hear about Pres. Nixon (Nickerson?), the Watergate investigations, and how Spiro Agnew may not last in his position. Agnew was of course replaced by the recently deceased Gerald Ford. Personally, I believe that Ford doesn't deserve the praise that he's been getting (what really did he do besides fall down?).
But anyway, this is a pretty funny movie. You're sure to like it. Also starring Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter and Brian Dennehy.
Back when Richard Lester was directing The Beatles' movies, who ever would have guessed that he would direct this flick?
- lee_eisenberg
- Jan 2, 2007
- Permalink
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Next-To-Last Train Ride
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,467,396
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $865,207
- May 20, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $1,467,396
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content