Where was Dom Deluise that's what I wanna know, the perfect film for him. Also Lovitz could of been used in a better role instead of the extra unnecessary sequence he was in. Thurman and Ferrell were totally out of place and show why it can be a bad decision to cast big names when lesser known folk would work so much better. To be honest some of the casting is poor in this film accept for Lane, Beach and Bart all of which were inspired choices. Sure he can sing a little, move well and he does look the part but he just isn't a strong enough character for comedy, he's too shy and reserved and a bad partner to Lanes terrific greasy comb over sleaze. Terrible actor and he really shows it here with a dreadful performance that lets the whole film down badly. Is it all simply down to 'Ferris Bueller'!!?.
Some scenes simply cannot be replicated from the genius of Wilder and Mostel.Ī huge issue with me was the casting of Broderick who is so so so so weak an actor I just don't understand how he gets work. On the other hand there are some truly awful moments of.plagiarism basically where the same funny line or sequence has been attempted from the original and it just bombs hard. Some of his leers and chubby prat falls are brilliant and really compete with Mostel's first performance. There are certain parts in this film I loved, mainly anything to do with Nathan Lane who is a superb comedic actor with fantastic skills in facial and physical comedy. Of course because of the flick there was a big renewed interest in the forgotten classic and a very popular theatre show, which is all good as its perfect for the theatre in every sense but the actual film is a poor imitation. To be honest this is a classic example of a remake that, in terms of the movie, didn't succeed in doing anything other than show you should never try to remake a classic.
As a stand alone farce its a great piece of comedy but of course it so difficult not to think and look back to the original material. Hmmmmmm so very very tricky to decide here, what can I say.I enjoyed this as a stand alone film on its own, and when not compared to the original.
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