Description: Acclaimed actor/writer/director Mel Brooks (Spaceballs, The Producers) takes his hilarious brand of comic lunacy to the streetsliterallywith this warmhearted comedy (Roger Ebert) about a rich man who wins back his humanity...by losing everything else he's got! Multi-billionaire Goddard Bolt (Brooks) has just made a deal that will change his life. In order to win the right to build over a ghetto, Bolt must survive on its impoverished streetspennilessfor 30 days. But when this well-to-do man discovers what it's like to do without, it'll take the charity of a feisty bag lady (Lesley Ann Warren) and a newly found appreciation for the best things in life to show him the true meaning of being filthy rich!
Amazon.com: Life stinks--and if by "life" you mean this movie, then here indeed is truth in advertising. Mel Brooks totally missed the boat with this attempt at a comedy about life in the greedy Reagan years. He plays a heartless tycoon who bets that he could easily survive for a month on the streets of L.A. without a penny to his name, and then gets tricked out of his fortune. He winds up learning how the other half lives and it isn't funny. Literally. Watching this film, it's hard to believe it was made by the same man who wrote and directed The Producers. What does it tell you that this film was loved in France? --Marshall Fine
Life Stinks Great movie, probably classed as dark comedy, but very good. A lot of what you expect from Mel Brooks and more. I enjoyed this movie very much.
Great Well, it is like a musical. Mel Brooks is a theater man (think "Producers") and a musical man. I thought it was great, in fact me and my husband must be old bores because we watched it at least 4 times over the past several years. It is a great story, even if not as funny as some other Mel's efforts. I love Mel Brooks.
kelis's grandma Mel Brooks " Life Stinks" is a very funny movie, I think Mel Brooks played the part well, one of the other reviews state " he was making fun of the homeless with this movie" I have my opion and I don't think this is what he intended to do. he was just showing that you can take a person from a wealthy family and put them in a situation to see if they can survive, in the end he gave back to the homeless and also married one. In todays society there are a lot of kids that need to see what it's like to do without and they would appreciate what they have. However, the movie was not ment to poke fun at anyone nor to belittle anyone , it was just ment to be funny, and humor is good for the soul. I've seen this movie about 10 times and now am going to be the proud owner of it, because I am tired of waiting to see it on the television.
Life's Funny I honestly thought this movie would stink ... It wasnt very popular when it came out .. We watched it on satellite TV and I predicted we would watch only 5 minutes before we changed channels ..Wrong.. Life Stinks turned out to be one of our favorite movies ... . A lot of great themes touched upon, some very real life situations (more than Trading Places did), and over a dozen very funny scenes .. add up to a great movie .. Thanks Mel ..
Right Up There With "City Lights" After being criticized for producing mostly spoof movies, Mel Brooks departed from that genre and returned to the semi-real world of his early two films "The Producers" and "The Twelve Chairs." "Life Stinks" is a Chaplinesque fable that focused on the very real problems of America's homeless. While it was met with indifference by the moviegoing public and critics took turns hurling brickbats, practically inviting derision due to the title, there were a few perceptive reviewers who recognized that this was Brooks' most sincere and daring effort in years. Perhaps if the title of this film had been "Life Is Beautiful," it would have met a different fate. Nevertheless, this film is an important entry into the Brooks canon. Putting his money where his mouth is, Mel Brooks made a strong social statement as well as an entertaining film. It's his most personal work since "The Producers."
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