Utterly Unfunny

Rating: 3/10 (28 September 2010)

A sleazy producer conspires with his meek accountant to stage a flop play so that they can pocket the investments. And hilarity ensues...Not! Brooks made his film debut as director and writer with this lame comedy that inexplicably won a screenplay Oscar and is regarded as a classic. Although it is mercifully short, there is not a single chuckle-worthy moment in the entire film. The vaudevillian comedy is sophomoric and utterly unfunny. Everybody overacts embarrassingly. Ironically, the only good thing about this turkey is the "Springtime for Hitler" number that the audience is supposed to find atrocious.