pothead cult choice with one gag

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2006)

I remember the "old days" when the pothead cult determined this to be classic; like Jimmi Hendrix and SNL, you weren't cool if you didn't adore these things, which of course made you all the more dorky when you succumbed to the pressure. The movie was a one gag stunt then, just as it is now. The premise is two guys try to make money by producing a bomb stage play, selling investments at about 1000%, intending on a bomb with no revenue to pay off, pocketing the money. This is one of those ideas that don't even sound good on paper. One of those ideas that a couple of kids with IQs of 25 combined come up with. That is the joke. A mild ha ha at best. Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Dick Shawn, as well as the subordinate players, make the most of it. Its the sort of stage play that relies 100% on the actors, because the script is void. And the cast is one of the better ones brought together. And Mel Brooks does what he can, but if you want a movie to make you laugh, you really have to strain to smile through this.