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2 October 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Now the time has come...to act. morePlot:
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Love this movie! more (96 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Oliver Platt | ... | Maurice | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Arthur | |
| Walker Jones | ... | Maitre D' | |
| Jessica Walling | ... | Attractive Woman | |
| David Lipman | ... | Baker in Kramer's Pastries | |
| E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Gertrude in "Hamlet" | |
| George Guidall | ... | Claudius in "Hamlet" | |
| William Hill | ... | Bernardo in "Hamlet" | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Sir Jeremy Burtom | |
| Michael Emerson | ... | Burtom's Assistant | |
| Jack O'Connell | ... | Stage Manager | |
| Matt Malloy | ... | Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet" | |
| Ted Blumberg | ... | Francisco in "Hamlet" | |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Lily 'Lil' | |
| Tony Shalhoub | ... | Voltri, First Mate |
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Rated R for some language.Parents Guide:
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Iceland:LH | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:AtpFun Stuff
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Anachronisms: The song, "Skokiaan" is used in the movie which takes place in the 1930s. However, "Skokiaan" was not released until 1947. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Maurice: [as they discuss an act which they did] I'm sorry.
Arthur: You stole my death.
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I rented this knowing nothing about it (not much of this kind of thing makes it to Kentucky). I just really like Oliver Platt. So I rented it one night in college, having nothing better to do...
And I loved it. It's really not like any movie I've ever seen. I'm not really a connoisseur of Laurel and Hardy or anyone like that--I'm just your average college kid, I guess. I don't like most American comedy, though, because it's a little too dependent on violence and switching one's brain off. But this movie was so different and so funny! It was silly, sure, but it was smart and really amusing. I love Steve Buscemi in everything he's in, and he was just TOO funny here. I was rolling in the floor.
And Campbell Scott was just great, I loved how he kept popping up at the most inopportune times. But my favorite part, I think, was that little bit with the Hamlet play. I've seen productions like this and known actors like that and it was just PERFECT! The archetypical actor who can't fit his inflated head through the backstage door. It was truly hilarious all the way through, and I don't know anything about what it could be based on. I just liked it a lot. But it's not your average American comedy, and it might inspire a love/hate response in many viewers. I think it's probably an acquired taste.