I don't think Steven Spielberg knew what kind of movie he wanted 1941 to be. In fact, I don't really know how to describe it. It's as if Spielberg half-heartedly slopped a story together and then hired some of the greatest comedians of the time, hoping their jokes would save it. They didn't. The humor in this film falls flat on its face almost every time. This is a terrible movie. It's astounding to think it came just after Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, yet just before Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. Maybe this movie is why Spielberg doesn't do comedies.
Review of 1941
