Directionless
Added 5/15/2009
This movie had some interesting and funny material at the beginning, but quickly became unfunny, diirectionless, and seem to drag on like nothing else Crystal has ever created. When I initially saw the film in the theatre, as the movie dragged on, people were heading for the exits in droves, us included.
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Billy at his best
Added 3/15/2007
This movie was a revelation, I have always liked his acting but this is the best of his movies that I have seen.
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About a funny guy who is also pretty nasty
Added 5/4/2006
Billy Crystal stars as an aging stand-up comic (Buddy Young, Jr.) with a mean streak in him. The movie starts off slowly and seemingly predictably, with Crystal and his brother (played by David Paymer) doing comedy together in their Jewish living room to all the relatives, getting some early breaks, and heading up the showbiz ladder. But Paymer opts out of the routine and becomes Cyrstal's manager. After many years and now on the decline, they have a falling out, but reconcile at the end. Comedians have enormous egos, and Crystal as Buddy wouldn't think twice about putting someone down for a laugh. (I've heard the same thing said about the real life Groucho Marx, whose insults directed as his family were funny to everyone except his family. But he didn't care as long as he got a laugh.) He's a funny guy, Buddy is, but not a nice one. The second half of the movie is much better than the first. Humor is in the mind of the beholder (sort of like beauty), and I thought the jokes were mildly funny. It certainly is not the worst movie ever made as some reviewers here seem to think.
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It deserved zero stars, actually. Terrible.
Added 1/20/2006
Read the negative Amazon comments - they are right. Terrible in all respects. If you like this film, you probably will find the telephone book extremely entertaining.
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A Truly Horrid Movie
Added 1/17/2006
I'm not normally one to complain about movies but thought I'd go out of my way to warn people of this terrible, terrible movie.
It dragged on for (what seemed to be) forever, was not funny and was lacking any sort of direction.
I'm normally a fan of Billy Crystal and usually find him funny and quite entertaining. In this movie however he was nothing short of irritating. Talk about a career killer.
Seriously folks, save your money for something decent.
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Directionless
Added 5/15/2009
This movie had some interesting and funny material at the beginning, but quickly became unfunny, diirectionless, and seem to drag on like nothing else Crystal has ever created. When I initially saw the film in the theatre, as the movie dragged on, people were heading for the exits in droves, us included.
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Billy at his best
Added 3/15/2007
This movie was a revelation, I have always liked his acting but this is the best of his movies that I have seen.
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About a funny guy who is also pretty nasty
Added 5/4/2006
Billy Crystal stars as an aging stand-up comic (Buddy Young, Jr.) with a mean streak in him. The movie starts off slowly and seemingly predictably, with Crystal and his brother (played by David Paymer) doing comedy together in their Jewish living room to all the relatives, getting some early breaks, and heading up the showbiz ladder. But Paymer opts out of the routine and becomes Cyrstal's manager. After many years and now on the decline, they have a falling out, but reconcile at the end. Comedians have enormous egos, and Crystal as Buddy wouldn't think twice about putting someone down for a laugh. (I've heard the same thing said about the real life Groucho Marx, whose insults directed as his family were funny to everyone except his family. But he didn't care as long as he got a laugh.) He's a funny guy, Buddy is, but not a nice one. The second half of the movie is much better than the first. Humor is in the mind of the beholder (sort of like beauty), and I thought the jokes were mildly funny. It certainly is not the worst movie ever made as some reviewers here seem to think.
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