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Robin Hood - Men in Tights
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| Customer Reviews 1-5 of 222 | NEXT >> |
2008-10-27This is a good, but not great, comedy from Mel Brooks. Some of the pop culture refferences hit the mark, but some corny one-liners ruin moments. Visual gags are pointed out way too long, but the ation sequences are well-developped. Big pluses must go to the actors. Elwes, Yasbeck, Chappelle, Rees, DeLuise, and many others light up the screen. And a small role given to Brooks himself is also a treat. So watch this if you want good, (sometimes) clean, and wild fun.
2008-10-12I know i will catch some critisism for this review, but o well. the movie is funny, but utilizes many cheap jokes, which i find takes from the actual comedy. another one of the few faults i've seen with mel brooks is that some his jokes can be seen a mile away. almost as if he's trying to force comedy instead of letting it flow.
robin hood is very hansom, and is probably one of the funniest in the cast, while chappelle (achoo) is funny as well. the rest are mildly amusing.
the fight scenes are done in a silly way, which is good. i also liked the way the movie acknowleges that it is a movie. they break the 4th wall frequently, revel in shots including stage handlers, and even pull out the script at one point.
main point is do i think its worth buying? yes. but don't expect this to be anyhwere near as funny as young doctor frankenstein.
2008-09-26A film like `Robin Hood - Men in Tights' is really nothing more than good clean fun, in the lines of Mel Brooks other spoof films. It's more succesful than some (yes, I didnt like `Blazing Saddles') and less succesful than others (it's no `Young Frankenstein'). The film pokes fun at, none other than, Robin Hood, and in parituclar at the 1991 Costner vehicle `Robin Hood - Prince of theives'.
The film is littered with comedic talent and jabs at movie after movie, but it never feels overstuffed, which is nice because that is a very easy problem to run into. Cary Elwes is hilarious as Robin Hood. I love his comedic work (`Princess Bride' anyone) and here he does a briliant mockery of Kevin Costner's turn in the `Prince of theives' film ("Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent!"). He is aiding imensely by a very talented cast of charachters, from Roger Rees to Dave Chappelle to veteran comics like Isaac Hayes and Dom DeLuise (Patrick Stewart even graces the film with his presense).
The film pits Robin against the evil sherrif of Rottingham and the laughs just spill out from there. Roger Rees is flawless as the sherrif, creating a supremely hysterical villian we love to hate. Dave Chappelle provides some great comic relief (this was a pre-stardom Chappelle proving why he is the comedic genius he is today) and Tracy Ullman tears it up as Latrine, the witch who just wants a peice of man meat. Amy Yasbeck is beautiful if not a tad dull as Marian, but her beauty is what attracts Robin so I guess that's all she needed to be (and that chastity belt bit is hilarious).
I don't really know what all else to say aside from the fact that this is a rompfest. There is so much to enjoy here. Sure, it is not a perfect comedy, and it is not parituclarily smart (the gags are really all spoof related with nothing genuinely inteligent being mocked) but it works very well. Sometimes all you need is a good laugh, and this film provides them in spades (the singing and dancing bits are just the right touch of something extra to really set this film appart). Watch out for Dom DeLuise's wonderful prod at `The Godfather', sliding in a little bit of culture in this very funny spoof on everyone's favorite theif.
2008-08-25There are songs that you will never get out of your head. Our whole family loves this movies
2008-08-12...when I was in junior high. And now? Let's just say that Mel Brooks only hits one out of every 10 gags on the money, and them ain't good odds, folks.
Richard Lewis is a standout, while Cary Elwes and Dave Chapelle bring their unique charms to "Rottingham" Forest. You'll smile a lot, and maybe even laugh a few times. Fans of other Mel Brooks movies may be underwhelmed. Still, if slapstick comedies (such as "Scary Movie" and "Naked Gun") are your thing, this film is worth renting for an evening of good humor.
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| Editorial Review |
It's not Blazing Saddles, but there are some chuckles to be found in Mel Brooks's 1993 spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes is Robin (with a lighthearted jab at Kevin Costner's bad English accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), while Richard Lewis plays an angst-ridden King John, and Roger Rees a snotty Sheriff of Nottingham. Comic David Chappelle has some good moments as the only black member of Robins's noble thieves, and Brooks does his own spin on Friar Tuck: Rabbi Tuchman. The song-and-dance sequences featuring a chorus line of the Merry Men ("We're men / men in tights") is vintage Brooks, but otherwise the film can't get any traction. --Tom Keogh
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