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Life Stinks
USA, 1991
[Mel Brooks]
Mel Brooks, Lesley Anne Warren, Jeffrey Tambor
Comedy
  
If you�re fed up with the state of the world and are in desperate need for a pick-me-up, you can't go far wrong with the works of Mel Brooks. Ok, Life Stinks isn�t up there with Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs or even The Elephant Man, but by God, does it come close!

It tells the tale of Goddard Bolt (Brooks), a self made millionaire who wants to become richer still. He meets up with the devious Vance Crasswell (Tambor), who wagers a bet with Bolt over some prime LA land that is up for auction and which Goddard desperately wants for development. Unfortunately, the land is over-run with homeless people! The bet is thus set; can Bolt survive as a destitute for 30 days? If he can, Crasswell will stay out of the bidding for the land, thus ensuring Bolt will win... and that's where the fun begins.

I wont spoil the plot, but put it this way� it�s the longest 30 days of his life! The part where he�s in hospital at the end is truly hysterical! The supporting cast try to keep up with Brooks manic direction, but to me it's only Lesley-Anne Warren (portraying the streetwise manic-depressive, Molly) and Rudy deLuca (playing a man who is convinced he�s J. Paul Getty! (in scenes familiar to
The Three Stooges fans) who can manage to stay the pace and not become merely supporting cast members.
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