Wholly Moses!

1980
PG
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.

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An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Laraine Newman said considerable credit must go to Dudley Moore for keeping the morale up on the set. "There was one night when everything went wrong. A break-away wall refused to break away, and we all had to cancel our supper plans to shoot past midnight", she recalls. "I figured, 'Here it comes. We've had fun 'til now. But this is when tempers snap!' I'm sure Dudley sensed the tension, because suddenly, during a break, he became a new character, a broken-down Shakespearean actor, reminiscing about his past glories. "It was absurd, hilarious, and totally ad-lib. He just babbled on. But no one minded working late."

Quotes
Zerelda: Hey everbody! My husband, he's just talked with God. Come here! He's doing God now. He's doing God, just talked to him. Ok, go ahead, do it.

Crazy credits
Cast members Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, David L. Lander, Richard Pryor, and John Ritter all received 'special appearance' credits.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)

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Featured review

7/10

Very funny although disjointed

Probably inspired by Life of Brain this film gives an account of Mozes' brother-in-law. His life is somewhat similar to that of Mozes. He floats in an ark at exactly the same time as Mozes. He marries a sister of Mozes wife. He stands just around the corner when god speaks to Mozes and thinks he is addressing him. So he tries to do the same as Mozes without much success. In the end he is the writer of the commandments which are based on his own life experiences. The film plays fast and loose with the Bible to convey only one message: Don't take your religion more seriously than your particular god does. He may be more of a prankster than you are. The film feels like a couple of skits woven together. Which makes for a couple of jolting breaks between scenes. However, in this time of people taking religion much too serious again, this really is a breath of fresh air.