Mr. Saturday Night

1992
R
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

6.4K

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Comedy Drama

The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

6.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 nominations total

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Trivia
Kyra Sedgwick was considered to play Elaine, but turned it down due to her pregnancy. Julie Warner was cast in her place.

Goofs
When Buddy is talking with Elaine at the gazebo the first night he meets her, the boom mic is visible just before the ferry boat passes by, and again after she asks him if his brother brings a girl to him after every show.

Quotes
Buddy Young, Jr.: For me, my family was like, uh, Dances With Jews. Oh sure, we had names for our relatives like they had in that movie.
Reporter: What do you mean?
Buddy Young, Jr.: Well, we had "Eats With His Hands," "Spits When He Talks," "Makes Noise When He Bends," "Sweats Like a Pig," "Whines In a Cab," "Never Buys Retail," "Shaves His Back."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: School Ties/South Central/Sarafina!/Singles/Blade Runner (1992)

Soundtracks
My Buddy
Music by Walter Donaldson
Words by Gus Kahn

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Review

Featured review

4/10

It doesn't stink... it just smells really really bad

As previously noted in other comments, this is the story of the rise and fall of a very Jewish stand-up comic named Buddy Young Jr. (Crystal). More importantly, its the story of Young's relationship with his brother/agent.

The movie was billed as a comedy, but it's actually a heavy drama with nuggets of comedy thrown in - mainly during the flashbacks to the early days of Young's career. I agree with the other negative reviewers that the drama side of the movie is pretty lousy - almost painfully over-the-top. But the fact is that the little nuggets of comedy scattered throughout the film really are funny. Laugh out loud funny. But is it worth watching two hours of really bad drama to catch about 20 mins of good comedy? I'd have to say no.

By the end of the flick, the funniest thing about this movie is the farce of watching Crystal trying to be all serious and dramatic while wearing horribly bad make-up which makes him look more like a Star Trek alien than a senior citizen.