The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Directors:

John R. Cherry III
Larry Harmon

Writers:

Jeffrey Pillars (screenplay) &
Joseph Dattorre (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 November 1999 (Singapore)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Their uncles paved the way for their hijinks...Now all they want is their mummy.

Plot:

Bronson Pinchot does a nice job imitating Stan Laurel and Gailard Sartain gives a good appearance as Oliver Hardy...

Plot Keywords:

Double Act | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Bronson Pinchot	...	Stanley
Gailard Sartain	...	Oliver Fattius Hardy
F. Murray Abraham	...	Prof. Covington
Philip Godawa	...	Ferouk
Jeffrey Pillars	...	Biker
Rick Rogers	...	Kowalski
Farouk Valley-Omar	...	Habib
Larry Harmon	...	Doomworld owner
Zane Meas	...	High priest
Gordon Van Rooyen	...	Party man
Matthew Haldenby	...	Mummy
Jonathan Pienaar	...	Young professor
Josh Cheny	...	Officer Levin
Jeffrey D. Shapiro	...	Desk cop
Peter Spiropoulous	...	Maitre d'

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild violence.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:LH | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Coast Entertainment

Trivia:

Jim Varney was originally cast as Stan Laurel but had to bow out due to ill health.

Quotes:

Hardy: We've got to split up.
Laurel: Don't you want to try counseling.
Hardy: It's far too expensive. Not that kind of split up!

Movie Connections:

References Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Soundtrack:

Nothing from Nothing

Agreed, a great tribute indeed!

However, perhaps I'm nitpicking, but in my opinion the "modern day" setting doesn't really seem to work in some respects. For a start, Stan and Ollie still wear their 30s/40s style attire - how many people do you catch wearing bowler hats in this day and age? At times, they seemed almost to be living in a bizarre time warp, which didn't really make sense.

Overall though, this is good, old-fashioned slapstick comedy, well in the spirit of the real Stan and Ollie. It's nice to see such innocent laughs for a change, with the kinds of films we're seeing most of the time today, this is a rare treat for the family!