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Reilly Capps, Boston Globe: The Master of Disguise falls under the category of 'should have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live.' Read more
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: A painfully unfunny mess. Read more
Charles Savage, Miami Herald: The Master of Disguise is full of jokes, but just about the only one that provokes widespread giggles from the short-pants set is the villain's tendency to have his maniacal laughing fits cut short by inadvertent toots of flatulence. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: If The Master of Disguise had been a free cable movie -- well, I still wouldn't have recommended it. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: 'Disguise the limit' is the film's punning promotional slogan, but 'Rock Bottom' is more like it. Read more
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: No amount of nostalgia for Carvey's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey's considerable talents are wasted in it. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Cruelly and brutally unfunny. Read more
Dan Fienberg, L.A. Weekly: The Master of Disguise represents Adam Sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: It doesn't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes. It still feels like a prison stretch. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: A calamitous attempt at reviving the anarchic, little-kid spirit of Jerry Lewis. Read more
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post: No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through The Master of Disguise. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Such a sad irony that Dana Carvey, who's made his name bringing celebrities to life with uncanny impersonations, should make such a lifeless movie based on characters of his own creation. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: George W. Bush in the flesh would have been much funnier than this movie's impersonation. Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: It showcases Carvey's talent for voices, but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one's patience to get to the good stuff. Read more
Scott Steinberg, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Boiled down to its essence, this is little more than a cheesy vehicle for Carvey's one-shot gags, and an inconsistent one at that. Read more
Lou Carlozo, Chicago Tribune: The Master of Disguise is a disjointed film that, but for brief flashes of comedic verve, should skip theatrical release and go straight to video. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Neither [Carvey] nor semi-competent director Perry Andelin Blake have the ability to sustain a scene or idea. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: An awful, stillborn comedy assembled out of rusty spare parts from secret agent movies and run-of-the-mill Saturday Night Live skits. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Master of Disguise feels like something that was left on the shelf, hacked to bits and thrown into theaters. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The film contains no good jokes, no good scenes, barely a moment when Carvey's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless, witless, and devoid of anything resembling humor. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is a desperate miscalculation. It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny, and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Dana Carvey makes a lackadaisical 'comeback' as a man of a thousand faces, none of them funny. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: At times, it actually hurts to watch. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Despite all evidence to the contrary, this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie, the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The only camouflage Carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public, to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers. Read more
Jan Fuscoe, Time Out: There follows a fusillade of farts, dud sight gags and inconsequential butt jokes. Read more