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He's had some good performances in supporting parts, but Richard Pryor's major film roles, including Brewster's Millions, never managed to captured his comic brilliance the way his concert films did--proving that magic isn't something you can bottle. This 1985 film is no exception, even though it was directed by Walter Hill three years after he turned Eddie Murphy into a film star with 48 Hours. The seventh film reworking of a warhorse stage play, this film stars Pryor and John Candy as a pair of minor-league baseball players whose best days are behind them. Then Pryor is informed that he's just inherited a fortune--300 million dollars. But it comes with a condition: he must spend 30 million dollars in one month, with a number of rules about how much he can spend at one time and how many of any one thing he can buy. Both Pryor and Candy were at the top of their comedy games at this point, but were utterly failed both by ham-handed direction and a script that left them higher and drier than seems humanly possible, given the comic talents involved. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a great comedy that never gets old, I remember watching it years ago when it first came out and it remains hilariously funny 20 years on.
The film brilliantly brings together Richard Pryor (Monty Brewster) and John Candy in a tale of riches, excessive spending and more riches!
Monty, the only descendant of an unknown millionaire great uncle, finds that he is to inherit the old mans estate, but there's a catch. In order to get $300 million he must spend $30 million in 30 days and have nothing to show for it except the clothes on his back, and he's not allowed to tell anyone the rules leading to hilarious repercussions.
The story involves Pryor spending as hard as he can with Candy trying to make a few bucks for his old baseball buddy, and the lawyers disposing of the will also trying to sabotage Montys efforts to reap the estate for themselves.
This is truly a classic film from the 80s that's a must have for anyone who loves comedy.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It was suggested that it was a wide screen version of the film. I had this one already. What should I do with two the same DVD's. It's inferior.
The movie itself is ok.
The movie itself is ok.
Format:VHS Tape
The umpteenth adaptation of the George Barr McCutcheon novel is now set in the 1980s where Richard Pryor's version of Brewster is a two-bit minor league baseball pitcher who inherits a vast fortune but only on the condition that he spends a smaller one over the course of 30 days. Pryor manages to bring both energy and pathos to the role, and is helped by solid support performances from John Candy as his long-time buddy, Stephen Collins as the weak-willed lawyer cajoled by his crooked superiors to ensure that Pryor fails in his quest to rid himself of the preliminary bequest, and from the benevolent Pat Hingle who oversees the proceedings. The picture boasts some fine comic moments, highlighted by the purchase by Pryor of a rare postage stamp at an obscene price which he joyously uses to mail his would-be fraudsters, but the laboured script and ordinary direction (by Walter Hill, who is much more at home with action films) relies heavily on the charisma and playing of Pryor, with Candy being disappointingly underused, particularly in the second half. The film does however include a wonderful pastiche of US politics with Pryor's "None of the Above" campaign in the New York mayoral elections.
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