after a car be steal by a gangster representand where do you learn to jump start a car . i have to learn to jump start ambulance to get invalid to the dialysis machine . joan cusack and steve martin and my blue heaven . there a lot of fun to be find in my blue heaven and a simple little comedy with only good intention . i find it almost impossible to dislike it have little offensive material and it isn not a stupid and recycled movie package with marketable trimming . instead and it be a joyful little flick that know it be no oscar winner but still try to entertain it audience . and it do . my blue heaven be pure heaven for anyone who appreciate fine comedy it a little bit wacky and a little bit goofy and and very and very funny . steve martin be perfectly cast a the wild and crazy vincent antonelli and a mafia informer who have be enter into the witness protection program . his wife want no part of their new and cheery life in a suburban america so she leave him early on . rick moranis be equally well cast a barney coopersmith and the fbi agent assign to protect vinnie and make sure his new life be suitable to his comfort . barney wife have just leave him and too . she complain that he be too anal retentive . she even mention that he have a technique for get equal amount of butter on his waffle . meanwhile and vinnie soon tire of his new life and resort to crime first little thing and such a mark down price on meat in the local grocery store which result in the best single line in the entire film and when a perky employee greets vinnie . his response be a four letter word that isn not nearly a ( c ) rude a it seem it would be at first . soon he meet up with old partner and crime and they form a new crime syndicate much to the chagrin of a female police officer name hannah stubbs ( joan cusack ) and who seem to be the perfect match for barney coopersmith . hannah be unable to prosecute vinnie because he be a federal witness . at first she and barney hate each other . then they grow closer . vinnie watch on with joyful interest . and what make this movie so enjoyable and in part and be the chemistry between martin and moranis . it their first film together since parenthood . theyre a good duo and and martin be so out of character here you start to forget it even him play an italian mobster . compare vincent antonelli to neal page ( martin character in plane and train and automobile ) and and the difference in not only attitude but mannerism and level of intensity be clearly evident . martin can play the middle class american white male especially well and but this film clearly show that he have not leave his wacky background in such film a the jerk far behind . my blue heaven come out the same year a goodfellas ( 1990 ) . it be impeccable timing at the end of goodfellas we be leave with the penetrate image of ray liotta character henry hill outside a suburban home in a cheery neighborhood which and remarkably and look exactly like the neighborhood in my blue heaven . it could be argue that my blue heaven be an immediate sequel in some sens . where goodfellas leave off my blue heaven start it just throw in some comedy . which be why i do not understand it small impact when it first arrive in theater . ( suffice to say and it sorta flop . ) i own this film on a vhs tape i purchase for $ 4 . 99 at wal mart . i find it lie in the bottom of a discount video barrel with no name titles . there be comedic gem that have gain respect over the year and and then there be comedic gem that have slip by unnoticed . my blue heaven wasn not very noticed upon it release in 1990 and the few critic who saw it seem not to pay any attention to it . funny how some of the most joyful comedy slip by . my blue heaven be a few laugh short of a comic masterpiece . 4 . 5/5 .