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- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsJosé FerrerShelley WintersElaine MayA young would-be actor seeks his first break.A low-pressure, quietly amusing story based on Carl Reiner's entry into show business.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsDick Van DykeMichele LeeMickey RooneyStory of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego.It's hard not to admire the film for its peculiar tone.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsGeorge SegalRuth GordonRon LeibmanWhen an attorney meets the girl of his dreams, he fears that his batty mother will scare her off, so he schemes to eliminate the senile old woman.It's a shame, but you'd never be able to make a film like Where's Poppa? in today's stifling climate of uptight political correctness.
- DirectorClark JonesStarsKen BerryJackie JosephSonny BonoThe First Nine Months are the Hardest a musical comedy produced by the legendary team of Bill Persky and Sam Denoff with music written by Ray Charles and staring the iconic Sonny and Cher with Dick Van Dyke.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsRed ButtonsHarold GouldRichard BenedictAn abrasive, two-fisted longshoreman and a quiet calligrapher attempt to share an apartment.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsJohn DenverGeorge BurnsTeri GarrWhen God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.Carl Reiner's Oh, God! is a treasure of a movie: A sly, civilized, quietly funny speculation on what might happen if God endeavored to present himself in the flesh yet once again to forgetful Man.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsHenry WinklerKim DarbyGene SaksHenry Winkler portrays an outrageously self-confident but out-of-work actor, a young man who dreams of stardom and leaves college to pursue fame and fortune.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinBernadette PetersCatlin AdamsA simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.We get the sense at times that the cast and crew arrived at a location, found the script bankrupt of real laughs, and started looking around for funny props.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan LaddFilm noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.Too clever for its own good when it should be worried about being funny.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinKathleen TurnerDavid WarnerA brain surgeon marries a femme fatale whose life he saved, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go even more awry when he falls in love with a telepathic brain.Steve Martin made his share of bad movies, but sometimes he could pull one out through sheer force of comedic will.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinLily TomlinVictoria TennantA dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.It scores a lot of points by speculating on the ways in which a man and a woman could learn to coexist in such close quarters. Against all the odds, a certain tenderness and sweetness develops by the end of the film.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsJohn CandyRichard CrennaRip TornAn overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.A mediocre, predictable comedy.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsMark HarmonKirstie AlleyRobin ThomasFreddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun, emphasis is on "field trips" - until he's fired unless all his students pass the test.A comedy so listless, leisurely and unspirited that it was an act of the will for me to care about it, even while I was watching it.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsRobert LindsayRobbie ColtraneCathryn BradshawBert Rigby lives in the small English town of Langmore, where most people depend on work at the local mine, which is faring poorly. While his mates are on strike once again, he decides to try his luck in show business. His first appearance on stage goes all wrong -- but the audience loves him. Rigby starts a new career as a comedian in a traveling amateur show for $50 a night. One day he gets an offer from an ad director from Hollywood and flies to the United States, expecting a great career and leaving behind his pregnant young wife.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsKirstie AlleyBill PullmanCarrie FisherA frustrated woman's life gets even more frustrating once she gets into an affair with a man who suffers a fatal heart attack after their fling.Flat, uninspired and even tasteless.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsArmand AssanteSherilyn FennKate NelliganA cop who moonlights as a lawyer cheats on his wife, not knowing that she's cheating on him and plans to kill him for the insurance.Maybe you'll be in the right mood and like this stuff. It looks good, and the actors are several notches above the usual parody cast in ability. And yet...are they maybe too good for this material?
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsBette MidlerDennis FarinaPaula MarshallA bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.Reiner benefits from divine intervention from no less than Miss M herself. Bette Midler flings the usual zingers with fang-baring zeal in a part that plays to her brassy strengths.