Advantages: Truly entertaining, great twist, Kirk Douglas Disadvantages: One of the worst Cockney accents ever!
What would you do for millions of dollars? Well Michael J Fox pretends to be Jimmy Durante in a scene that makes you laugh and cringe simultaneously. But that's a good thing. Douglas is Uncle Joe, a wheelchair bound self made millionaire who deals in scrap. His hideous family are nouveau rich snobs who obviously hate him and his young mistress has one of the worst cockney accents since Don Cheadle in Ocean's 11! Suffice to say that the vultures are ... ...point and unfairly so, his bitter bowler (!) shows his talent as an actor and sharing screen time with Douglas never hurt anyone. There are some laugh free gags and it descends into farce mid point but the ending is one of the best ever. I defy anyone to say they saw it coming. With a cast of eighties actors who never seemed to work again, it's definitely worth looking for. ...
Catsnackies 23.05.2003
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