The nature-versus-nurture debate has been going on for a long time. Are we a product of our environment or of our genetic environment? This is a very funny movie starring Dan Aykroyd as a broker and Eddie Murphy as a criminal. Two brothers, one adamantly defending nature and the other adamantly defending nurture, bet each other that their belief is better. To prove it, they have Aykroyd arrested and bail Murphy out of jail. The broker turns to drinking while the criminal takes to brokering. When they both find out about it, they exact revenge.
The movie was set up so that both Murphy and Aykroyd are caught off guard, but seem to "adapt" within a short time. Most movies I've seen treat people in awkward positions like idiots. Instead, both characters have intelligence, either from books or the streets. While innocuous alone, they prove to be dangerous together. My brother and I were wondering, though, how much of the movie is accurate. I know that gold and silver are traded, but we weren't sure if orange juice was a commodity. Wouldn't just the orange be the commodity? Either way, I liked the movie. It's easy enough to follow, but not easy enough that you're intelligence would be insulted. There are a few scenes that may come across as ridiculous, but it's OK. Few things are as they seem.
What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy (Norbit, Dreamgirls) with Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters, Christmas with the Kranks) and dir...More at Buy.com
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