Why this Jerry Lewis comedy isn't better known or more widely available
is a mystery since it's a classic and as consistently funny as anything
he did. Here the slapstick verges on the surreal while its 'thriller'
plot is virtually irrelevant. As well as starring, Jerry wrote, produced
and directed and if it never amounts to anything more than a series of
sketches they are, at least, very funny. It's certainly a movie ripe for
rediscovery that, for now at least, will have to settle for ultimate
cult status.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
THE BIG MOUTH ***
Why this Jerry Lewis comedy isn't better known or more widely available
is a mystery since it's a classic and as consistently funny as anything
he did. Here the slapstick verges on the surreal while its 'thriller'
plot is virtually irrelevant. As well as starring, Jerry wrote, produced
and directed and if it never amounts to anything more than a series of
sketches they are, at least, very funny. It's certainly a movie ripe for
rediscovery that, for now at least, will have to settle for ultimate
cult status.
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