Twelve Chairs
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Movie Reviews of Twelve Chairs
Movie Review: Essential Mel
Summary: 5 Stars
A little unusual--after all, it is his first comedy. But, what can I say--zany Mel does it again! If you collect Mel (and now I have them all, even hard to find High Anxiety), you must get the beginning to see his evolution. Little dark material--and of course, Mel in a supporting role. Zany fun, side-splitting laughs, but like I said, somewhat dark material matter.Movie Review: THE TWELVE CHAIRS BEST MEL BROOKS MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember in the 70's when my mom and I would wait up for the CBS late late show waiting for this movie to come on. I fell asleep but mom would wait up. This movie Dom Delouise is his best work. "C'mon God" my favorite and playing priest trying to get the jewels for himself. What characters in this movie. But it today!Movie Review: Hilarious sophmore effort.
Summary: 5 Stars
It was amazing seeing Dom Delouise so young and slender, and Frank Langella makes a great comedic leading man.Movie Review: Hope for the best, expect the worst!
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Twelve Chairs" is a curious choice for Mel Brooks' second directorial feature film. After the manic & controversial "The Producers", Brooks tells the story (sort of) of an old Russian folk tale about a woman revealing to a humble clerk (Ron Moody, walking the fine line between pathos & hysteria in this one) on her deathbed that the family fortune of jewels has been sewn into one of the dining room chairs. The catch: Since the Russian regime has turned into the Soviet Union, that dining room set has been scattered across the country. The plot thickens when a tall, dark & handsome young opportunist (Frank Langella) learns of the secret & forces the clerk into a partnership to find the chairs. Dom DeLuise--wonderfully funny, as usual--is a priest who becomes a direct rival in finding the fortune.
Brooks obviously had a soft spot for this old story, which doesn't go in for wild sight gags or profanity; it's humor rests on the modest simplicity of life in the Old Country. But this is a comedy, and Brooks sprinkles touches of the trademark slapstick & skill with funny dialogue everywhere. After an exhaustive race to find the fortune, the film concludes with an inevitable lesson: Life is full of disappointments; just be happy you're alive (guess I kind of spoiled the ending!). Chronologically sandwiched between the joyous hysteria of "The Producers" & the uproarious satire of "Blazing Saddles", "The Twelve Chairs" is a more modest but sweet & amusing little gem.
Movie Review: delightful Brooks film
Summary: 4 Stars
The Twelve Chairs is an entertaining short parody of a Russian film by a similar name. With a feel more like Brooks' "The Producers" (1968) rather than "Blazing Saddles" or "Spaceballs," the movie is appropriate for the whole family.