Reviews

Okay, hard to believe, but Steve Martin can act. Along with Mary Steenburgen, Rick Moranis, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Dianne Wiest. . ., it is very rare films where a large number of talent provide a quality product. Martin's character is full of middle-age angst. Moranis' pressure on his pre-schooler to succeed can be found in any yuppie Montessori pre-school.

The surrealistic direction of the school play rollercoaster ride is classic, and rare in film-making. Even Martin's nervous acting style breaks through with emotion and our sympathy. It is one of the few movies where I actually FELT something real, and maybe I'm over the top, but this film changed my life (at times). Life is full of "issues", and Lowell Gantz & Babaloo Mandel perfectly capture the possibility of forgiveness and "going with the flow".

One of the funniest movies of all time. The War & Peace and Chekov slant gives it a great feel. Allen and Keaton are at their best, and funnier than Grace & Burns, Hepburn & Tracey, etc..

One of the better lines, "To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love, but then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love, to be happy then is to suffer but suffering makes one unhappy, therefore to be unhappy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down."

This classic comedy is very rarely known, and worth watching it over and over.