Osmosis Jones (UK)
He`s one cell of a guy
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 95 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Disease is the crime. The cure is Osmosis Jones. He`s a strain of a hero. He`s one cell of a guy. He`s Osmosis Jones!
From The Farrelly Brothers, creators of There`s Something About Mary, this infectiously funny live-action/animated caper kicks off in the real world as Frank (Bill Murray) ingests a villainous virus named Thrax (Laurence Fishburne). Now, deep inside the spectacular, animated inner realm of the City of Frank, it`s up to a maverick white blood cell cop named Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock) and his reluctant, cold-capsule sidekick Drix (David Hyde Pierce) to thwart Thrax`s epidemic of evil. Join the most outrageous internal adventure of all time - in a contagious comedy that`s "clots" of fun for the whole family!
Special Features:
Commentary with Producer Zak Penn, animation directors Piet Kroon & Tom Sito
HBO First Look Special - The Making of Osmosis Jones
Frank`s Gross Anatomy - Take a tour of Frank`s body and pick a foul scene
Under the microscope - Behind the scenes
Deleted Spleens - Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
Hidden Features
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Directed By:
Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly
Written By:
Marc Hyman
Starring:
Ron Howard
William Shatner
Brandy Norwood
David Hyde Pierce
Laurence Fishburne
Chris Rock
Soundtrack By:
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography:
Lois Freeman-Fox
Editor:
Rick Montgomery
Sam Seig
Stephen Schaffer
Costume Designer:
Pamela Withers
Production Designer:
Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr.
Producer:
Randy Edelman
John Walker
Bradley Thomas
Zak Penn
Aaron Parry
Marc S. Fischer
Peter Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly
Dennis Edwards
Distributor:
Warner Bros
Your Opinions and Comments
Bill Murray plays an obnoxious and disgusting guy who doesn`t care about his health. The animated part of the movie takes place inside Murray`s body, where we meet Osmosis Jones (a white blood cell) who tries to defend Murray`s body against a vicious (and deadly) infection.
The video transfer is ok. There are no compression signs and the colors are nicely saturated. While the animation looks fine, it is not as impressive as it could`ve been.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. The surrounds are constantly used and produce a nice sound envelope.
The menus are still with sound.
The extras include a commentary by the crew, a behind the scenes look and 3 deleted scenes.
Bottom line - while the disk is not THAT bad, the movie itself is.
Still, the disc itself is pretty good. There is a nice spread of extras, although the deleted scenes and the 3 featurettes are only really worth a look once, and they are not terribly inspiring! I started listening to the commentary and it does sound like an above average commentary, but I haven't had a chance to finish it yet. We also get a trailer and a "hidden feature" that's a certain clip from the film - again, amusing once, but not exactly revolutionary stuff.
While this disc does appear to be on offer everywhere at the moment, I wouldn't advise buying unless you really like the film. If you haven't see it yet, this is one to rent first.