An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Danny DeVito, I thought I might as well give it a try. The interesting thing about this flick is that it was the first ‘straight’ comedy (meaning = not a parody) directed by the trio Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker and, if I’m not mistaken, it was quite a success when it was released. Personally, I think that Danny DeVito is a very funny guy, it is always a blast when he is involved in a comedy and it is always pretty neat when the guy is playing the lead for once. This flick is basically a black comedy which goes way over the top, little too much for my taste in fact. Obviously, we shouldn’t except anything subtle coming from the guys responsible for ‘Airplane!’. Still, it is not bad at all and, even though the whole thing was rather pedestrian, it was still quite entertaining. It would be the last time this trio would make a movie together and they had some various amount of success as solo directors afterwards. To conlude, it is actually a decent comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like DeVito like I do.

6/10