Melvin and Howard
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Movie Reviews of Melvin and Howard
Movie Review: Puzzled by the Good Reviews
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this DVD through Amazon after reading all the glowing reviews about the Academy Award-winning screenplay, brilliant acting, and genius director. After viewing the movie, all I can say is, "HUH? Did those people actually watch the same movie I just watched??"
"Melvin and Howard" is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was actually hard to watch, and I fell asleep half way through. When I awoke, I rewound back to the point I last remembered before dozing off, and continued watching from there. Throughout the entire movie, I found myself wincing and groaning at all of the moments that were intended to be funny. The incompetent acting (particularly Paul Le Mat as Melvin), hokie script, distracting music, and bland directing left me feeling like I was watching an extended episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard".
The fine performances of Jason Robards (who has very little screen time) and Mary Steenburgen were about the only redeeming elements in an otherwise dreadful movie. Try to watch it (if you must) if it ever plays on free TV. Otherwise, save your money.
Movie Review: Wow! This is baaaaad.
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie really stank hard. The Howard Hughes character appears for five minutes at the beginning, then has nothing to do with anything that happens in the movie until the end. In the mean time, we get to see this looser Melvin and his slutty wife mess up their lives doing one stupid thing after another, together, then apart, then together again, then apart again. At one point they win some money on a lame TV game show, then squander the money. I never really cared about either one of them even though I'm usually a Mary Steenburgen fan. At the end Hughes dies and this will turns up (which Melvin planted) and he defends it in court. Then there's a sequence where he remembers back to his encounter with Hughes... I have to admit I was hitting the scan forward button toward the end so it's a bit of a blur. It's amazing this script ever got funding, much less some of the big name actors who have bit parts in it.
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