Disorderlies (1987)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Michael Schultz

Writers:

Mark Feldberg (writer)
Mitchell Klebanoff (writer)

Release Date:

14 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Lapping up luxury and rapping up a storm

Plot:

Three bumbling orderlies are hired to take care of an old rich man. Humorous mayhem follows.

Plot Keywords:

Orderly | Screwball | Obesity | Food | What Happened To Epilogue

Cast

Mark Morales	...	Markie
Darren Robinson	...	Buffy
Damon Wimbley	...	Kool
Ralph Bellamy	...	Albert Dennison
Tony Plana	...	Miguel
Marco Rodríguez	...	Luis Montana
Troy Beyer	...	Carla
Don Hood	...	Sgt. Bledsoe
Anthony Geary	...	Winslow Lowry
Helen Reddy	...	Happy Socialite
Lisa Kingston	...	Blackjack Dealer
Jim Jackman	...	Orderly #1
Don Woodard	...	Orderly #2
Charles Green	...	Orderly #3
Joseph R. Sicari	...	Nursing Home Owner

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The mansion used is the Clampett mansion from "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: At one point the medicine machine goes off alerting the Fat Boys that it's time for Albert's medication. The time on it reads 8:15. Later that evening when Albert's in bed, the camera pans to a clock that reads just a few minutes after 8:00.

Quotes:

Kool: [watching a couple of girls skinny dipping] What do you think?
Buffy: Too skinny.
Kool: Too damn skinny. You can see their bones and stuff, they look like bicycles. I want a woman that looks like a Cadillac.
Buffy: I know what you mean.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shakedown (1988)

Soundtrack:

Fat Off My Back

Cheesy '80s Appeal

The Fat Boys (Mark Morales, Darren Robinson and Damon Wimbley) aren't exactly the Marx Brothers. Heck, they're not even the Ritz Brothers. But their first (and last) big screen adventure (as stars, at least) still manages to hold enough appeal to be watchable.

The former rap stars play bumbling orderlies hired on the hope their incompetence will speed up the passing of the wealthy Albert Dennison (the amiable Ralph Bellamy). Albert's nephew, you see, has some nasty debts to pay off. But the plan backfires when the boys and their antics breath new life into the old man. Never laugh-out-loud funny, and sometimes lame, "Disorderlies" is saved by its cheesy, uniquely '80s appeal. If you perked up at the phrase "cheesy, uniquely '80s appeal", then this one's for you.