A Fine Mess
Summary:
Blake Edwards comes a cropper in this lunk-headed slapstick homage to Laurel and Hardy, Mack Sennett, and Jerry Lewis. Ted Danson and Howie Mandell play Spence Holden and Dennis Powell, a couple of idiots who find themselves involved with a pack of gangsters. Spence is a two-bit actor who is at a racetrack location with his pal Dennis, when he overhears two small-tim... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ted Danson - (Spence Holden)
Howie Mandel - (Dennis Powell)
Richard Mulligan - (Wayne Turnip Farragalla)
Stuart Margolin - (Maurice "Binky" Dzundza)
Maria Conchita Alonso - (Claudia Pazzo)
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Review:
This late-period venture into screwball comedy isn't Blake Edwards's finest moment: the comedic highs are spaced a little too far for the film to cohere and it runs out of steam when it should be building up to manic heights in the third act. That said, A Fine Mess offers some little pleasures for comedy fans: Ted Danson and Howie Mandel... Continue >>
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