Actors: Ron Moody, Frank Langella
Director: Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks films don't often have tonal issues - they are usually straight comedies. Perhaps this film is also a straight comedy, but the film functions as a mismatched buddy comedy where we don't know enough about either person to say how mismatched they are. I love Mel Brooks and I like what he's trying to do here, but either the humor is too old-fashioned or the film doesn't succeed at what it's trying to do. There are still some solid scenes, but ultimately it feels like a mish-mash. And I like using the word 'but' to contrast the beginning of the sentence with the end.
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