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muser1's rating
...comedies of all time. Someone asked me yesterday what the
funniest movie was that I have ever seen and this movie
immediately popped into my head. I saw it on the giant Cinerama
(wow!) screen back in '63 when only a few theaters even had
Cinerama. I still pull this movie out every once in a while and laugh
almost 'til it aches.
Maybe you have to be of a certain age to appreciate this movie.
Maybe it's not edgy or crass enough for the under-25 crowd. Maybe
it's too long for some people and maybe some of the bits don't
hold up well in the passage of time or don't make sense to
someone who is younger than I am.
BUT...
there will never be another movie with this assemblage of
comedic talent. Tracy's Culpepper is perfect, Dick Shawn (what
ever happened to him?) is brilliant and Jonathan Winters is, well,
Jonathan Winters. The basic premise of the movie-the pursuit of
money and what people will do to get it-is one that translates well
from one generation to the next.
So I will continue to watch this movie every few years and love
every minute of it...
funniest movie was that I have ever seen and this movie
immediately popped into my head. I saw it on the giant Cinerama
(wow!) screen back in '63 when only a few theaters even had
Cinerama. I still pull this movie out every once in a while and laugh
almost 'til it aches.
Maybe you have to be of a certain age to appreciate this movie.
Maybe it's not edgy or crass enough for the under-25 crowd. Maybe
it's too long for some people and maybe some of the bits don't
hold up well in the passage of time or don't make sense to
someone who is younger than I am.
BUT...
there will never be another movie with this assemblage of
comedic talent. Tracy's Culpepper is perfect, Dick Shawn (what
ever happened to him?) is brilliant and Jonathan Winters is, well,
Jonathan Winters. The basic premise of the movie-the pursuit of
money and what people will do to get it-is one that translates well
from one generation to the next.
So I will continue to watch this movie every few years and love
every minute of it...
I love this movie.
I just saw it for the first time and could kick myself for waiting so
long. Brandon Hammond is a hoot and Viveca A. Fox was wonderful. It is
so nice to see a movie centered around an African-American family that
wasn't about hoods or hip-hop. Every family, black or white or
whatever, can identify with the kinds of problems this family had.
There is a poignant, endearing quality to this movie that just appealed
to me and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a "feel-good" fix
without the sweet-as-saccharine quality so many movies have.
I just saw it for the first time and could kick myself for waiting so
long. Brandon Hammond is a hoot and Viveca A. Fox was wonderful. It is
so nice to see a movie centered around an African-American family that
wasn't about hoods or hip-hop. Every family, black or white or
whatever, can identify with the kinds of problems this family had.
There is a poignant, endearing quality to this movie that just appealed
to me and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a "feel-good" fix
without the sweet-as-saccharine quality so many movies have.
The best part of this movie is Jack Black's performance. He is, without a doubt, one of the best young actors around and I hope he continues to pick and choose his roles to match his talent. ("The Cable Guy" doesn't count.) It's too bad that so much talent, and bad accents, was wasted on this movie, although I would watch it again just to hear Sidney Poitier speak. This movie could have been so good. What a shame. Rent the original.