Product Details

• Actors: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin, Howard Morris
• Directors: Mel Brooks
• Writers: Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca, Ron Clark, Steve Haberman
• Producers: Mel Brooks, Ezra Swerdlow, Kim Kurumada
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302261597
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,089 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Life stinks--and if by "life" you mean this movie, then here indeed is truth in advertising. Mel Brooks totally missed the boat with this attempt at a comedy about life in the greedy Reagan years. He plays a heartless tycoon who bets that he could easily survive for a month on the streets of L.A. without a penny to his name, and then gets tricked out of his fortune. He winds up learning how the other half lives and it isn't funny. Literally. Watching this film, it's hard to believe it was made by the same man who wrote and directed The Producers. What does it tell you that this film was loved in France? --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LIFE MAY STINK, BUT THIS MOVIE IS GREAT!, February 16, 2000

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"gotstuff" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Stinks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

No, this is not your typical Mel Brooks comedy; loaded down with relentless slapstick comedy and sight-gags! IT'S TEN TIMES BETTER! Life Stinks, unlike other Mel Brooks movies, has real heart and soul. Yes, it's funny; but it's also very touching. In the movie, you get to "meet" some homeless people, who make you realize that; hey, they have real feelings and personalities too! I don't feel the movie pokes fun of the homeless; instead, it pokes fun at the rich guy who loses his cloak of money and then can't deal with the "realities" of life -(thus proclaiming, Life Stinks)! Again, this movie is NOT typical Mel Brooks, if that's what you're expecting. However, if you ARE expecting a movie that is wonderfully entertaining and worth viewing over and over again, then you definitely WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! BUY IT, AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Movie is Funny!!!!!, May 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Life Stinks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Life Stinks is an amazingly funny comedy and one of Mel Brooks' best. He is a comedic genius! I laughed my head off after watching it the first time and decided to buy it. I highly reccomend it to those who are ready to laugh!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good For Later Brooks!!!, August 2, 2006

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charliebear (Maryland, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life Stinks (DVD)

Loved this movie and was cracking up through most of it. Brooks may have peaked during Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein but this movie is very funny and I'm going to buy it now (after seeing it on tv).