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Movie Reviews of Oscar
Movie Review: How not to take yourself too seriously!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a Joke! What a Farce! What a Relief! Stallone is a rip roarin' wise guy going legit. And it never looked so hard or so funny as in this light hearted production that my children and I first watched 12 years ago. I just wanted to laugh while I was working late nights on a project . I didn't want ugliness, pain, drugs,overt sex, or nasty humor. I wanted to laugh at silly and 'Oscar 'delivered the goods. Stallone not only is beautiful to look at in his gorgeous suits but he can deliver a punch line as well and as fast as Rocky ever landed a fist. The film is filled to the brim with delicious performances from a brilliant cast bent on not slumming it.
My children went around repeating " Mr. Provolone! " in that special Tim Curry way anytime they wanted to reduce their siblings to giggles and my oldest son practiced the Stallone deadpan to the Camera look whenever he wanted to convey adolescent outrage with my current actions. This film is a great family funny night movie. Some mature themes: but handled well and with a light hand. Why didn't Stallone do more?!
Movie Review: Stallone Sleeper Is A Keeper!
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie 10 years ago expecting a dopey gangster parody with Sylvester "Rocky / Rambo" Stallone in a suit. What I got instead was a very funny, refreshing comedy with lots of great gags and interesting characters. Stallone is hilarious as "Snaps" Provolone, big time gangster and future banker (due to a deathbed promise to his dying father, played by Kirk Douglas). His mob (including Peter Reigert and Chazz Palminteri) are far more inept than intimidating, bumbling along with their boss in his attempt to go straight. You'll never forget the crazy bunch in OSCAR! Merissa Tomei is perfect as Snaps' daughter Lisa, the squeaky, flapper-girl wannabe. Tim Curry plays his best role since Frank N. Furter as linguistics instructor, Thornton Pool. Then there's Kurtwood Smith as the over-zealous cop, Toomey. A riot! I've seen OSCAR at least a dozen times and it still cracks me up! Deserves to be a classic...Movie Review: Stallone in a quality comedy? Really?
Summary: 5 Stars
Obviously, Stop or My Mom Will Shoot did not do much for Stallone's comedic career. This film, however, does not have a flaw. The cast and the comic timing are superior. Tim Curry plays a linguistics expert, trying to teach Stallone (who has a Gangster accent) how to speak properly. His straight man in the midst of a wonderful farce, is one of his best roles. Chaz Palminteiri and Peter Riegert are hilarious as Snaps Provolone's (Stallone) right-hand goons. The presentation of this film makes it easy to see the original stage-performance of this screenplay. A classic early 20th century comedy, it is ripe with misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and errors compounding on top of one another.
This movie is underrated and, unfortunately, not very well known, but most people that I know who have seen it rate it as a top comedy. It's one to go out of your way to see, especially at the price Amazon sells it for.
Movie Review: ?? DESERVES AN "OSCAR" ??
Summary: 5 Stars
A delightful light comedy, if there ever was one. Sylvester Stallone plays the relatively 'straight' man in this movie, but has his funny moments...he plays his role, as the ganster with a tender heart, to perfection. Peter Reigert as the smart-aleck bodyguard-turned butler (told by Stallone "You're a butler now...buttle!") is hugely entertaining. Chaz Palminteiri as the moronic (or as Stallone puts it "you're an ox & a moron") bodyguard is a scream, growing on the audience as the movie goes on. The supporting cast including Marisa Tomei, Kirk Douglas, Don Ameche & others, all do a stand-up job.
The script is a gem...a laugh-a-line variety. The production values are great, and John Landis has excelled in directing this great comedy.
Why it did not become a huge hit is incomprehensible, but its non-performance at the box-office should not be a deterrent...trust me, this one is a winner!!!
Movie Review: Absolutely Hilarious!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, in every way possible, one of the funniest movies we have ever seen, right up there in the Top Ten!!!
I mean, who knew that Sly Stallone had such a talent for comedy?? Add to that, Tim Curry, and the host of other extremely talented people in this film, not to mention the Hot women playing Sly's wife and daughters. Every actor and actress in this film played their parts to the hilt!!! The script writer was a comic genius, and the direction was topnotch too...Even the animated opening was a scream!!
Thanks, Amazon, for making this film available at such a wonderful low price...it is a treasured addition to our DVD collection (we had already watched the VHS copy so much it was barely playable anymore).
If any of you have not seen this movie, RUN, don't walk, to your PC and order a copy...The whole family will laugh until they have trouble breathing!!!