Tuesday, September 23, 2014

High Anxiety


Actors:  Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn
Rating:  8 out of 10, Brooks' heartfelt and extremely funny parody of all things Hitchcockian where every single scene is tied to one of Alfred’s classics.  He’s brought along some of his funniest collaborators who pick up the slack for what Brooks lacks as the lead actor.  Brooks as an actor is a great writer.  The movie became a great trivia test as I tried to spot which movie was being parodied in each scene.  The scenes between Leachman and Korman are comedic genius.

MVP:  Cloris Leachman as the scary Nurse Diesel.

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