With apparently no faith in the pretty strong material, the filmmakers decided to do away with most of the aspects that made the musical charming in the first place (like, oh, most of the music!) and replace it with groovy 60's trickery that looks like something right out of Benny Hill (look, the action is sped up to make everyone look like they're running really, really fast...isn't that funny?) Zero Mostel does what he can, but he can't salvage this. No one else even registers.
I saw this on stage, and that version blows the film version out of the water.
Grade: D
I saw this on stage, and that version blows the film version out of the water.
Grade: D