Actors: Mel Brooks, John
Candy, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Rick Moranis
Rating: 7 out of 10, One
of the few Brooks’ movies I had not seen.
I was/am a huge Star Wars nerd so I thought it would be disrespectful to
enjoy this parody aimed straight at that beloved movie. In typical Brooks
fashion he completely flays all the lofty concepts and has a really good time
doing it, Yogurt as the pint sized peddler of the power of “the Schwartz” is
just one example of the hijinks. Brooks
went very ethnic in this going a little over the top with all the Jewish jokes
but that’s what Mel does. The overt attempts to merchandise the film in the midst of making it also hit home. Bittersweet to
see John Candy again – it made me realize how much I missed Mr. Mambo. The film is definitely dated but it still
elicited a number of surprise laughs that my nerd side couldn’t suppress.
MVP: Candy as Barf the
Mawg wookie stand in
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