Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Quick Change is a charming, underrated NYC comedy with Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid navigating a Kafka-esque escape from Manhattan after a brilliantly executed bank robbery. The premise is cleverly inverted — the heist is perfect, the getaway is chaos — giving it a distinctive comic rhythm. Murray is reliably deadpan and the ensemble works well together, though the acting rarely transcends its genre. Cinematography is functional NYC location work without particular visual ambition. The film earns its cult status through a consistent comic voice and sharp situational humor, but it's not radically singular. The ending is satisfying and earned without being especially surprising.