Infantile nonsense

Rating: 2/10 (7 January 2007)

It is hard to imagine anything positive to say about this film. The so-called "humour" is immature infantile garbage, which it is depressing to imagine that anyone over the age of about 7 would appreciate. In part that could be because of the era in which it was made, the late 60s being what it was.
The so-called "acting" was immature infantile garbage, which it is depressing to imagine that anyone over the age of about 7 would appreciate. Then again, this was the late 60s, and everyone was supposed to be over the top. However, in that context a great film from that era would be the one with understated performances. One of the things that annoys me most is that about 70% of the 'spoken' lines of the film are in fact shouted.
The only redeeming feature of the film was the brief time spent inside the theatre, watching the infamous show - it's camp overacted riotous nonsense - and it's supposed to be the worst play ever staged. The whole film was camp overacted riotous nonsense, and therefore I can only conclude that Mel Brooks was actually trying to create the worst film ever produced. Even there he failed, as I have seen worse.
It may be considered a 'classic', but I cannot imagine why.