A solid comedy by Michael Ritchie nearly ruined by Aykroyds over the top mugging.

paul-2148

Michael Ritchie makes what I call emotional comedies. The best example of this is of course The Bad News Bears which is hilarious but grounded in real humanity by Walter Matthau and the rest of the cast.

This film has a good cast and a solid script, but Aykroyd nearly ruins the film by his slapstick performance. This would have better suited by Chevy Chase who handled Ritchie's comedic style perfectly in Fletch.

score 7/10

paul-2148 22 August 2018

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