Walter Hill, usually known for exciting action-dramas that border on both gritty and cheesy, was signed on to direct the comedy Brewster's Millions, which was a remake of the 1945 comedy with the same name and plot, both based off of a book. A comedy classic? Yes, but I just can't wrap my head around it. In a nutshell, "Try to spend $30,000,000 in 30 days, but don't show any assets or splurge it a... read more
Description:Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days. Brewster isn't allowed to have any assets to show for the $30m or waste the money in any way. If successful, Brewster gets Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days. Brewster isn't allowed to have any assets to show for the $30m or waste the money in any way. If successful, Brewster gets to inherit $300m. The biggest problem of all however, is that Brewster can't tell anyone what he's doing, so everyone thinks he's crazy. Add to this the fact that if he fails, two scheming trustees will get their hands on the money, Brewster's task is not an easy one.... (more)(less)
“Walter Hill, usually known for exciting action-dramas that border on both gritty and cheesy, was signed on to direct the comedy Brewster's Millions, w”
“Walter Hill, usually known for exciting action-dramas that border on both gritty and cheesy, was signed on to direct the comedy Brewster's Millions, which was a remake of the 1945 comedy with the same name and plot, both based off of a book. A comedy classic? Yes, but I just can't wrap my head around it. In a nutshell, "Try to spend $30,000,000 in 30 days, but don't show any assets or splurge it all, and don't tell anybody about it. If you succeed, you get $300,000,000." Even though it's a classic comedy, it's rather easy to get lost in Brewster's predicament, so bottom line, I consider this a triple-C movie- classic confusing comedy.
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Plot: A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Stars: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee
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"Again not the worst on this list, but where's the humor? Before I watched this I wasn't expecting it to be great, but I was expecting it to be funny. It had a good premise and two funny actors, so I had good expectations for this. Even though it is OK, it is not worth watching."
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