Muck Slop

Rating: Null/10 (13 January 2002)

Weak songs; uninteresting characters; no discernible plot; too many jokes -- most of them quite lame, etc. The allegedly witty comedy team at the heart of this seedy and desperate film consists of a man with a black moustache painted on his lip (someone's idea of humor, no doubt), an offensive Italian stereotype, a mute clown with more energy than comic timing, and a pathetic lickspittle. Why they and their awkwardly assembled vehicle should be so highly regarded is a mystery -- perhaps a partial explanation is their brazen theft of material from better comics: Max Linder's superior mirror routine is pointlessly rehashed here with the same lack of conviction and attention to detail that dooms the rest of the movie. A shallow, cartoon-like mess.