Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
Directed by Michael Gottlieb / John Bruno / Alan Smithee
Genres - Comedy, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Comedy of Errors |
Release Date - Aug 31, 1990 (USA) |
Run Time - 86 min. |
Countries - New Zealand, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
In this comedy, Carlos Munoz (Cheech Marin) travels from America to Australia to find work, and gets a job at a Mexican restaurant. While there, he meets up with poor little rich girl Alex Hobart (Emma Samms) who hires him to pose as her fiance to scare her father into approving of her marriage with her unappealing boyfriend, Bruce Woodley (Vernon Wells).
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betrayal, conflict, daughter, deception, extramarital-affair, heir, investigator, marriage, role-switching, self-discovery, traveling, unemployment, waiter
