Stir Crazy (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: very funny, great acting, good story
Disadvantages: Dated!

For a bit of light relief from all the drivel on the television I chose this film to watch as I needed something funny and entertaining to watch. Richard Pryor plays the role of Harry and Gene Wilder plays the role of Skip, both of the New are working in new York and dreaming of a better life. As both of them get sacked at the same time they decide that they will leave the Big Smoke and head for California to make a better life for themselves, ... Read review

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Gene Wilder and Richard Prior star in this superb comedy directed by George Roy Hill. Wilder and Prior are two small town losers who decide to travel to the big city to make something of themselves. Well, they certainly do that, landing a job which requires them to wear woodpecker costumes...well its a start I suppose. Unfortunately for them, they choose the day that a pair of bank robber decide to use the same disguise to rob the city bank and ... Read review

Advantages: good entertaining/humorous movie
Disadvantages: none to complain about really

Director Sidney Poitier Producer: Hannah Weinstein Writer: Bruce Jay Friedman Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Erland Van Lidth and Miguel Angel Suarez. Released in late 1980 this comedy involved two men who, through the quirk of fate, end up behind bars. **BRIEF PLOT** When Skip Donahue, (played by Gene Wilder) and Harry Monroe, (played by Richard Pryor) suddenly find themselves out of work they struggle to pay their bill. When ... Read review