| Yoda | 06-17-22 09:49 PM |
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The Impostors was my one-pointer. It is a strangely overlooked gem: an absolutely loaded cast and an homage to all sorts of classic comedy, but with a modern edge to it that really bites. It's one of the most quotable films I've ever seen, and yet I've never heard a stranger quote it.
Sometimes a great movie just falls through the cracks. This is such a movie.
Here's my review of it () from way back in 2007, and here's an excerpt:
Sometimes a great movie just falls through the cracks. This is such a movie.
Here's my review of it () from way back in 2007, and here's an excerpt:
Tucci plays a struggling actor named Arthur, and lives with another struggling actor named Maurice (Oliver Platt). Neither of them are all that good; everything they do resembles a caricature, and it's always unintentional. Still, they love their craft, and seem to think of nothing else, except for maybe where their next meal is coming from. Naturally they combine the two, and in the earlygoing try to use their acting to con a local baker out of some pastries in one of the film's most hysterical sequences.
Long story short, they anger a more accomplished actor and find themselves as stowaways on a ship (The titlecard when they learn of this is: "An Ocean Liner?!"). To avoid detection they disguise themselves as baggage handlers. On this ship, we meet the rest of the cast, all of whom get to ham it up in roles well within their considerable talents. They don't just chew on the scenery; they swallow it whole.
Long story short, they anger a more accomplished actor and find themselves as stowaways on a ship (The titlecard when they learn of this is: "An Ocean Liner?!"). To avoid detection they disguise themselves as baggage handlers. On this ship, we meet the rest of the cast, all of whom get to ham it up in roles well within their considerable talents. They don't just chew on the scenery; they swallow it whole.
