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'Grumpier Old Men'
Rated PG-13
utz." "Moron." The cur-
mudgeons are back.
Grumpier Old Men contin-
ues the war between long-
time neighbors John Gustafson
(Jack Lemmon) and Max Gold-
man (Walter Matthau). Lining up
on Lemmon's side are Ann-Mar-
gret as his wife, Ariel; Daryl Han-
nah as his daughter, Melanie;
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and Burgess Meredith as his fa-
ther. On Matthau's behalf are his
good-hearted son, Jacob (Kevin
Pollak); his eventual main-
squeeze, Sophia Loren as Maria
Ragetti, and Maria's feisty Ital-
to Lemmon, "You know the damn
ian Mamma (Ann Guilbert).
Summertime in Wabasha, fish (Catfish Hunter) is older than
Minn., finds John still happily I am. I weigh 90 pounds, and you
married to Ariel, Melanie about give me Lite beer. Every morning
to marry Jacob — with wedding I wake and smoke a cigarette,
have a bacon sandwich
consultations provided free.
for lunch and later a
of charge by John and Max
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snack, and I drink my
— and the newcomers in
dinner. Sometimes I won-
town, Maria and Mamma,
who are about to turn Chuck's der if God forgot about me."
"Is there a moral?," Lemmon
Bait Store into Ragetti's Fine Din-.
ing Ristorante, much to the re- asks Meredith. "No, I just like
pulsion of Max, John that story."
Is this film a masterpiece? No.
and his dad.
See this movie, if for The first 45 minutes drag — in
no other reason than to between some fun dueling mo-
pay homage to Lemmon torboat scenes and Matthau ser-
and Matthau for mak- enading Loren (Maria) to his own
ing a movie with Ann- Matthau-melodic version of West
Margret and Sophia Side Story's "Maria." But there
Loren as their love in- are more laughs than not in this
terests. And, it's the sup.-: lighthearted film.
porting players like - And, for that ultimate deja vu,
Ann-Margret and Loren . do a double-take when the full-
that shine in this sweet figured Italian-Jewish wedding
romantic comedy (bring cake decorator and organist hits
the screen. Could it be one of the
Kleenex).
Burgess Meredith Lovely Liebowitz Sisters who tap
danced and tuba-ed her way
"You like Italian, Mr.
through a three-month stint at
Gustafson?" asks Sophia
the Gem Theatre? When she was
Loren in Grumpier Old Men.. here, Cheryl Hawker brought
"Yeah, I guess so,"•replieS
new meaning to the Andrews Sis-
Jack Lemmon with a little
ters'
sound, jello salad with tiny
help from Walter MatthaU.
marshmallows and gefilte fish ro-
"Buon Appetito."
tini. A great cameo role not to be
steals the film as Lem- missed.
P.S. Stay for the outtakes at
mon's foul-mouthed, perpetually
in-heat, nonagenarian father. the end of the movie. They're al-
While conducting their daily most better than the film.
stakeout for the infamous "Cat-
tOP
Q!)
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fish Hunter" on a comfy sofa over-
—Julie Smith Yolles
looking Bass Lake, Burgess says
'Dracula: Dead And loving If
Rated PG-13
M
el Brooks stands un-
contested as the king of
toilet-bowl humor. We
all remember the
campfire scene in Blazing Sad-
dles, the overzealous Nean-
derthals of History of the World
— Part 1, and the general in-
sanity of Young Frankenstein.
Each film made us giggle, but
also wonder: Will Brooks ever
take a break from his amusing,
but uninspiring format and
make a movie with real comedic
passion?
Brooks' new venture, Dracu-
la: Dead and Loving It, provides
a quick and final answer to this
question. Of course not.
The film's plot is only of sec-
ondary importance compared
with the jokes that suffuse it.
Desiring a servant and proper-
ty in London, Count Dracula izes that a vampire is in their
(Leslie Nielsen) first summons midst, and the two men, along
real estate agent Renfield (Pe- with Jonathan Harker (Steven
ter MacNicol, whom you may Weber), the fiance of the other
recognize from his role as attor- ward Mina (Amy Yasbeck), try
ney Alan Birch on CBS' "Chica- to protect the young woman.
go Hope") to his castle and And, as one might suspect,
quickly transforms him into his ridiculousness prevails as events
climax in Brooks-like
sniveling slave. The two
fashin.
then set out for London.
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As mentioned, the
Dracula takes up resi-
humor in Dracula is
dence at the home of Dr.
Seward (Harvey Korman), pure Brooks, pure toilet-bowl —
guardian to two lovely young gallons of squirting blood, Ren-
women, while Renfield is thrown field eating bugs and, of course,
Dr. Seward's numerous threats
into Seward's sanitarium.
Craving blood to quench his to treat hispatients with ene-
vampirical thirst, Dracula quick- mas. However, the men deliv-
ly seduces one of the women, ering the comedy may come as
Lucy (Lysette Anthony), and a surprise.
While one might suspect Leslie
converts her into a vampire,
Outraged, Seward calls on the Nielsen to be the driving comedic
famous doctor Abraham Von force, Peter MacNicol is actually
Helsing (Mel Brooks) to diagnose much funnier as the hopelessly
the problem. Von Helsing real- insane Renfield. At times, Drac-