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Brewster's Millions (1985)
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee
Genre: Comedy
About: A down and out minor league baseball player who dreams of making the pros (Richard Pryor) is kicked off his ball team along with buddy (John Candy) only to discover he's inherited 300 million dollars from a long lost uncle's estate. Only one catch, to get the 300 million he has to spend 30 million dollars in a month and he's not allowed to tell anyone why he's spending all his money.
Review: I had never seen this one before and it was a big hit back in the day. I watched it for John Candy as I'm fan of Candy's and have been watching all of his films. But the star is Richard Pryor and this might be the first time I've seen him in a starring role. Pryor is very likable, in the same way that Cary Grant was likable, Richard's humor comes from poking fun at himself, much like Cary did. This makes Richard Pryor's character very likable and empathetic.
I was a bit disappointed by the story as I thought we would be taken on a wild millionaire's ride as he jet-seated around the world and spent his money on glitzy, high priced items. There wasn't many of those scenes, though he did have a posh hotel room that rented for a cool million per month.
I thought the Hackensack Bulls' baseball park set with a train that runs trough was pretty cool.
John Candy had a smaller role and he was fine here, but this is no John Candy film, the movie belongs to the talented Richard Pryor.
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee
Genre: Comedy
About: A down and out minor league baseball player who dreams of making the pros (Richard Pryor) is kicked off his ball team along with buddy (John Candy) only to discover he's inherited 300 million dollars from a long lost uncle's estate. Only one catch, to get the 300 million he has to spend 30 million dollars in a month and he's not allowed to tell anyone why he's spending all his money.
Review: I had never seen this one before and it was a big hit back in the day. I watched it for John Candy as I'm fan of Candy's and have been watching all of his films. But the star is Richard Pryor and this might be the first time I've seen him in a starring role. Pryor is very likable, in the same way that Cary Grant was likable, Richard's humor comes from poking fun at himself, much like Cary did. This makes Richard Pryor's character very likable and empathetic.
I was a bit disappointed by the story as I thought we would be taken on a wild millionaire's ride as he jet-seated around the world and spent his money on glitzy, high priced items. There wasn't many of those scenes, though he did have a posh hotel room that rented for a cool million per month.
I thought the Hackensack Bulls' baseball park set with a train that runs trough was pretty cool.
John Candy had a smaller role and he was fine here, but this is no John Candy film, the movie belongs to the talented Richard Pryor.