A masterpiece of bad taste

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2010)

Only Mel Brooks could produce a hilarious film centred around a musical about Nazi's. It is in such bad taste that it is side splittingly funny because of the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The casting is superb, Zero Mostel is on top form ably assisted by a young Gene Wilder. The music and songs are catchy and rattle around in your head for days after seeing the film, especially 'Springtime for Hitler'. I have watched the more recent version that was released, and although for a remake it was surprisingly good, it cannot compare to the original. Mel Brookes has made many very funny films, 'Blazing Saddles', 'Young Frankenstein', amongst the best, but 'The Producers' has to be the one that will ensure his name goes down in cinema history. No one else has the ability of taking a taboo subject (i.e fascism, racism) and making it look absolutely ridiculous. This film is a must for any comedy fan.