Life Stinks |  | Actors: Billy Barty, Marvin Braverman, Stanley Brock, Carmine Caridi, Rudy De Luca
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  30 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D1004217D
ISBN: 0792854764
UPC: 027616883285
EAN: 9780792854760
Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1991
Release Date: February 18, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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!
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 Great November 3, 2009
Angi Jacobs
This is one of the Funniest Movies Ever!! Finally, a story that hasn't already been done a million times. Thank you Mel Brooks!
A Brooks comedy with more heart but less belly laughs October 25, 2009
Randy E. Halford (Boise, ID)
When you name your movie "Life Stinks", and the movie isn't a comedy classic like "Blazing Saddles" or "Young Frankenstein", then you get set up for harsh remarks like "This Movie Stinks". And that's too bad, because this is a smaller film with more heart & soul which doesn't try to BE those comedies. This one has a different tone & purpose. It's not a genre parody like Brooks' past work, but one which addresses a real life issue: That of society's division between the wealthy and that of the impoverished. Brooks casts himself as multi-millionaire Goddard Bolt, a callous, uncaring man who sets his sights on bulldozing 2 1/2 miles of Los Angeles' most destitute property--which happens to be the "home" of the homeless. But first, Bolt must secure the other half of ownership from his business rival, an even more unscrupulous (and sneaky) man played with controlled oiliness by Jeffrey Tambor. A bet is made based on whether Bolt can survive on these same streets for thirty days (of course, Tambor tricks Bolt out of his fortune during this time). What transpires as survival for Bolt is also a life lesson as he learns firsthand how harsh life is for these homeless people. Along the way, he befriends a feisty bag lady (Lesley Ann Warren, who made a one-note character in "Victor/Victoria" hilarious, and works the same magic here), a spindly old man named Sailor (a surprisingly restrained performance from Howard Morris), and a lanky, boozy bum (Teddy Wilson). The dramatic scene when Sailor is left for dead on a sidewalk--and no one seems to care--speaks volumes about society's views of the homeless. Of course, the movie isn't without some wonderful highlights: The joyous dance between Brooks & Warren in a warehouse full of rags; Brooks, having hit rock bottom, in an overcrowded hospital hallway, being repeatedly pumped full of thorazine by an absent-minded doctor; an outrageous slap fight between Brooks & Rudy DeLuca (delivering a very funny performance here as a ranting, delusional bum); Brooks, after finding his rival has broken him, tries to walk out of his former mansion with valued (and bulky) posessions; and a climactic battle between Brooks & Tambor, using cranes in a scene which plays out like a dinosaur fight.
The bottom line: If you want a raucous, rowdy comedy that's belly laughs from start to finish, then watch "Saddles"; if you want something more genteel & sweet between the laughs, then watch this one.
Melissa October 8, 2009
M. Moritz (Florida)
We love Mel Brooks movies. This is a great one for the economy we are in. It really makes you appreciate what you DO have. It brings you down to Earth.
From Rich to Homeless September 3, 2009
WillyMiranda (San Diego, CA)
Interesting to see how MONEY could transform peoples mind, attitute and point of view about life. This is an 80's movie that you don't want to missed. An excellent movie for the entire family.
Life Stinks March 1, 2009
Betty J. Conner
This is a very funny movie. It shows what can happen to others and makes you proud you are not one of them. Its very heart rendering.
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