The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
**½
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker
This mild political satire plays like a reverse Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. If Mr. Smith was an idealistic politician who disovered the corruption in Washington, Mr. Johnson here is a hustler who cons himself to Congress but then discovers that he has a conscience. This Eddie Murphy comedy has a bit more brain, but it's very predictable.
