Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Charles Herold (cherold) In the Wrong Guy, Dave Foley finds a body and, following a tradition established in many Hitchcock movies, grabs the knife, gets covered in blood, and goes on the run. Only in this case, he doesn't realize that the police have identified the real killer and Foley is not wanted by anyone.Foley is wonderful as a dim-witted protagonist who bumbles from one seeming disaster to the next without ever realizing the real situation. While he seems to be a rather lucky idiot, the real killer is skilled but wildly unlucky, as his path keeps crossing with Foley's chaotic one.The script is clearly a Hitchcock take-off, but while the score and opening credits make this explicit, director David Steinberg shows little interest in turning the film into an out-and-out Hitchcock parody. Primarily a TV director, he is very good at effectively presenting jokes, but he's not a stylist, and he never does anything specifically Hitchcockian unless the joke requires it.That's okay, though, because the movie is very funny, with plenty of solid gags, like a noble banker being run out of business by an unscrupulous farmer and a fence in need of repair, and there are solid performances by Tilly as the addled love interest and David Anthony Higgins as a lazy cop.I came across this movie accidentally, and I feel it should be better known. I only know Foley from that sitcom about the radio that was pretty good and an episode of Kids in the Hall that didn't excite me, but he's a really talented guy who can quickly establish a character and make him both convincing and ridiculous. Even if you're not a fan of KITH or Hitchock, check this out.

ackstasis 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.

Benjamin Crawford Makes me wonder what other gems the Kids in the Hall have gone on to create.David FOLEY, perhaps the funniest Kid in the Hall, does a great job in this, and the funny scenes don't stop getting funnier until the funniest joke in the movie. You'll know it when you see it.The entire premise is wonderful, and all of the acting works very well. Everything is put together nicely ,as it should in a comedy, and the whole event feels like a super-extended Kids in the Hall sketch.After that, it just kind of levels off into 'entertaining funny' rather than 'sweet-jesus-you-gotta-see-this funny'.A great way to spend an hour and 30-something minutes.

caspian1978 David Foley stars in this low budget / straight to video comedy that is more of a surprise than your typical off neat comedy. Famous from his early roots from Canadians the Kids in the Hall, Foley stars / co-produces this comedy during his News Radio days in the late 1990's. To those who think Foley is not leading man material, The Wrong Guy proves that Foley can lead a cast...just as long as he has a strong supporting cast as well. Jennifer Tilly and a group of other talented actors join Foley in this interesting and original comedy based on ignorance. Most comedy thrillers are based on the wrongly accused man having to prove his innocents. Here, Foley plays the "Wrong Guy" that was never accused of the murder that he think he committed. Instead, it is one funny situation after another as Foley runs from the police...which are not chasing him. Although Foley can lead a cast of actors, he can not play the strong macho type, because he can not kiss a girl (Tilly). Not to point fingers, but Foley is a talented and funny actor, but he is unable to play certain roles that Rock Hudson (wink wink) managed to play in the 1960's.