Storyline
Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job; Teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.
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63
Renaissance Man is an exceptionally unoriginal comedy with a heart-tugging streak as big as Fort Bragg, but it succeeds perfectly well on its own unambitious terms.
60
The New York Times
Inherently condescending, and finally awash in warm-bath sentimentality, this setup never goes out of style.
50
Entertainment Weekly
The big underachiever turns out to be DeVito, who is incapable of exhibiting believable warmth and complexity, or, indeed, of playing anyone who is not a cartoon.
50
Renaissance Man is a movie of moments, too many of which are mediocre or unfulfilling.
50
This is not brilliant emotional manipulation.
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