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3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun flick runs on satire and well-staged silliness, January 29, 2003
This review is from: Driving Me Crazy [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Cute comedy with surprisingly sharp satire. I say "surprisingly," because I was expecting something fluffier. Gottschalk is very likable, and the comic situations broad but very well-played. In addition, any movie that features Peter Lupus as the president of General Motors gets my vote! Dom DeLuise (and Lupus, in his hilarious cameo) steal the movie, but everyone is good. This is kind of like Disney for adults, and I wish they made more of these things nowadays.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Non-pollutant and Vegetable Gas., January 29, 2002
This review is from: Driving Me Crazy [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This comedy from the early 1990s stars Thomas Gottschalk (some actor I've never heard of before) as a bumbling inventor from East Germany. That's right, East Germany. This film was made right before the reunification. Anyway, the inventor has spent his life trying to find a way to get through the Berlin Wall. He finally succeeds when he invents a car engine that runs on vegetables, causes no pollution, and can go over 200 miles per hour. The only problem is that right after he invents his car, the Wall comes down. An evil industrial from the US is going to buy the small town where the inventor is from and turn it into an industrial smog pool. The inventor goes to L.A. for an automobile convention so he can sell his car and save his town (and his beloved barn).
Billy Dee Williams co-stars as a just released felon who is trying to build a new life for himself. Poor Billy Dee. He's a more talented actor than most people give him credit for, but since the original STAR WARS films ended and the Rocky pictures dried up, he hasn't had much of a career. Of course, all his personal problems haven't helped either.
Anyway, there isn't too much of a script here. Most of the humor revolves around the German's reaction and adjustment to life in America. The cast also includes Dom DeLuise as the bad big boss Mr.B and there are cameos by Milton Berle, Morton Downey Jr., and Richard Moll (of "Night Court" fame).
However, as lame as this movie sounds and as corny as some of the dialogue is, it's really not too bad of a movie. It's a lot better than the majority of garbage that Hollywood and the indie scene sludges forth. It's fairly entertaining and actually has a few good laughs. If your looking for a decent piece of mind candy to chew on, DRIVING ME CRAZY might be worth the time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun flick runs on satire and well-staged silliness, January 29, 2003
This review is from: Driving Me Crazy [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Cute comedy with surprisingly sharp satire. I say "surprisingly," because I was expecting something fluffier. Gottschalk is very likable, and the comic situations broad but very well-played. In addition, any movie that features Peter Lupus as the president of General Motors gets my vote! Dom DeLuise (and Lupus, in his hilarious cameo) steal the movie, but everyone is good. This is kind of like Disney for adults, and I wish they made more of these things nowadays.
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