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One More Time / Salt & Pepper

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Salt & Pepper and its sequel One More Time are NOT great cinema. Its Peter Lawford & Sammy Davis Jr trying to do a mini ratpacker weekend twofer...Its great nonsense and fluff. However its a guilty pleasure for those who want an easier, tongue in cheek movie. So know this going in!

Note these films showcase Davis's talents of song, slapstick, gun & sword play, and mimicing others (like gangster George Raft, etc). Lawford plays straight man for shining Davis as he was for Martin & Sinatra in the Rat pack movies. Lawford has the brooding stare that you think is a dramatic moment... believe me, it passes quickly. Also note that even as bad as the passable see-thru scripts are, these films are well directed by two of the best-- Superman and Lethal Weapon's Richard Donner (Salt and Pepper) and Jerry Lewis (yes, the Nutty Proffessor himself directed One More Time)

This double feature DVD will remind many of the Rat Pack movies (Sergeants three, Ocean's 11,Robin & the Seven Hoods) but it isn't...Know this before you buy. It is not great cinema, it a throwback to the end of an era (the 1960s). So put your mind on hold and just stay for the Davis antics and slapstick..to watch this man's great talent is worth a THREE STARS in any book

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

Two members of the original Las Vegas 'Brat Pack' produce and star in projects they obviously had fun with. The stories are silly with SitCom style humor, and the fashions and language are straight from the late 60's 'In Crowd'; a fun trip into nostalgia to say the least.

The great Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford team up to give fun and entertaining performances. Their talents and chemistry alone are well worth the price of admission.

The popularity of the James Bond series sort of revolutionized motion pictures in the mid-to-late-Sixties. For better or worse, spy action became a major component of the comedy formula. If you've made it through all four Matt Helm pictures, then start with Salt & Pepper. A dash of the I Spy chemistry for certain. A bit light on the songs (Davis' performance of "I Like The Way You Dance," however the Sly & The Family Stone lift, is pretty zesty) and way light on the girls (the go-go girls with Davis on that song are terrific), the first film moves along with undeniable charm, cool clothes (Davis changes outfits maybe 20 times), neat cars, and lowbrow laughs. Mention to Michael Bates in the nimcompoop role of the bumbling police chief. Davis really deserves his screen time. Not bad for the silly spoof it is. If only Salt & Pepper could have crossed paths with Matt Helm on the second showing instead of, alas, a very unfunny Jerry Lewis who, as director, pretty much kills the franchise in a trite recycling of Tashlin gags with an unfortunate Davis reduced to trite Lewis imitations. Maybe better just buy the first one, which is enjoyably ridiculous in that unmistakable mod 60's manner. Goofy.

What a delightful piece of fluff ! love the deep colors ! so 70's ! watch this one while you eat a snack !