Senseless
- Marlon Wayans: Darryl Witherspoon
- David Spade: Scott Thorpe
- Matthew Lillard: Tim LaFlour
- Rip Torn: Randall Tyson
- Tamara Taylor: Janice
- Brad Dourif: Dr. Wheedon
- Richard McGonagle: Robert Bell Weather
- Esther Scott: Denise Witherspoon
- Debra Jo Rupp: hospital employees
- Mark Christopher Lawrence: shopkeeper
- John Ingle: Professor of Economics
- Jenette Goldstein: Nurse Alvarez
- Ernie Lively: Coach Brandau
- Kenya Moore: Lorraine
- Constance Zimmer: Clean wife
Senseless is an American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris from the year 1998.
Action
Darryl Witherspoon is studying economics. Because he needs money, he agrees to participate in a scientific experiment, for which he is to receive $ 3,000. Witherspoon an agent injected which enhances the sense. He is successful at the university and can the coveted Janice draw attention to themselves.
Witherspoon takes part in a competition for the highly doped post of junior analysts of a financial undertaking part. Before the contest, he takes a double dose of the agent to sharpen his senses stronger. However, the result is not a sense amplification, but caused by an overstimulation temporary loss of one of his five senses. During a basketball game of the National Basketball Association, which he attended together with the managers of the company, he calls for beer just as the national anthem is played. Then he sits down by mistake on the players' bench and allowed insulting comments about the player Patrick Ewing, sitting right next to him.
Lorraine, a friend of Janice, tries to seduce Witherspoon. This time denied Witherspoon's motor skills. The Mad Janice later does not believe him, that he had not cheated on her with her friend.
Witherspoon gets the job, but returns to public that he cheated in the competition by taking part in a drug trial. He then reconciles with Janice and gets a job in the mailroom of the company, which also Janice father started before he worked his way up within the company. After a year he was promoted to junior analysts.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times of 20 February 1998, the film was a " Jim Carrey movie" fight for it to be a film by Penelope Spheeris and lose this fight. The director can not find a consistent tone.
The lexicon of international film described the film as " non-binding slapstick without any pretense ." He just fail "on the untalented leading man " as well as " on the uninspired story."
Background
The film was shot in Los Angeles and has appeared in the American cinema in about 13 million U.S. dollars.