New Orleans is nothing like how it is portrayed in this
debacle of a film. Quaid's attempt at speaking with a cajun
accent (by the way, hardly anyone speaks that way in New
Orleans) is terrible. Plot = elementary and mindless. This
picture refers to itself as a mystery, but a mystery involves a
gradual process whereby a viewer is given clues and twists throughout a film. There's none of that here. "Big
Easy" tries to get by on trite New Orleans stereotypes.
Don't be fooled - the real Big Easy is nothing like the town
that Quaid & Barkin bumble their way through.