Life Stinks
From fortune 500...to fortune's fool.
Acclaimed actor/writer/director Mel Brooks (Spaceballs, The Producers) takes his hilarious brand of comic lunacy to the streets-literally-with this "warmhearted comedy" (Roger Ebert) about a rich man who wins back his humanity...by losing everything else he's got!
Multi-billionaire Goddard Bold (Brooks) has just made a deal that will change his life. In order to win the right to build over a ghetto, Bolt must survive on its impoverished streets-penniless-for 30 days. but when this well-to-do man discovers what its like to do without, it'll take the charity of a feisty bag lady (Leslie Ann Warren) and a newly found appreciation for the best things in life to show him the true meaning of being "filthy rich"!
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It's not bad! - RayneeDeigh
I love Mel Brooks so I zipped this movie hoping for a feel-good evening. The story is actually quite sweet and there are a few opportunities to really laugh at Mel's character. It's perhaps not his funniest work, but it's true to his form and definitely worth a watch. Lesley Ann Warren also did a great job, as usual. I don't know if I'd watch it again like I would with some of Mel's movies, but it was fun for the hour and a half that it lasted.Not much of a comedy - Blob
Despite being a Mel Brooks movie, it light enough to be considered funny despite a few laughs. It also isn't dark enough to be good as a drama. What is left is a fairly interesting story with a scattered laugh left.
Worth watching as long as you are not expecting a screwball comedy.
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It's not bad! - RayneeDeigh
I love Mel Brooks so I zipped this movie hoping for a feel-good evening. The story is actually quite sweet and there are a few opportunities to really laugh at Mel's character. It's perhaps not his funniest work, but it's true to his form and definitely worth ...Not much of a comedy - Blob
Despite being a Mel Brooks movie, it light enough to be considered funny despite a few laughs. It also isn't dark enough to be good as a drama. What is left is a fairly interesting story with a scattered laugh left.
Worth watching as long as you are ...