Cheesy Gangster Film
#1 (Please click the links to read my reviews of American, and British gangster films)
Synopsis: It’s basically
109 minutes of Stallone yelling: “don’t call me boss!"
Blurb From the DVD
Jacket: “Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone teams up with comedy
director John Landis (Animal House, Trading Places, and Coming to America), and
the results are hilarious!”
What Did I Learn?:
1) Never witness nuthin’ – you live longer. 2) A father may misunderstand if
you inform him of his daughter’s “well-rounded diphthongs.”
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Movie If: You'll watch anything that involves a bad guy....and somebody named Oscar.
Really?: Oscar is a screwball comedy with a lot
of surprising moments, and it really isn’t meant to be taken all that
seriously. Still, I had a hard time believing Anthony wouldn’t have eventually found
out on his own that Theresa isn’t Snaps’ daughter.
Rating: If you’re
in the mood for some silly and absurdist humour, Oscar is fine for an evening’s entertainment. This movie fell down
the collective memory hole shortly after it was released, in part because it
was soon followed by Stallone’s atrocious Stop,
Or My Mom Will Shoot, and he swore off making comedies in order to save his career. Oscar has a few flaws (everyone wildly overacts, for starters), but it also has some genuinely funny lines and an impressive
cast, including Kirk Douglas in a cameo appearance that doesn’t quite fit with
the rest of the action. 8/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102603/?ref_=rvi_tt
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