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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Rating is for the studio
Review: There are 2 sorts of studios: Real studios who take a movie and make a real DVD; and others, like this one, who take a VHS of the movie, and, after some self-advertising, copy the tape onto DVD putting some chapters: so, 1st the image quality is not what you're expecting from a DVD, 2nd you don't have any options for languages/subtitles and you're stuck with subtitles you'd like to get rid of. This can be understood for low-budget editions, which should not be this price: Facets Video is now on my blacklist (although I must admit no one can do worse than Madacy).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: funniest movie I have ever seen
Review: This film is the hands-down, without a doubt, no question, absolutely funniest movie I have ever seen. You will laugh non-stop throughout the entire movie!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Review: This is one of the funniest films ever made. It ranks with Pink Panther, Life of Brian, Young Frankenstein or a Fish Named Wanda. There are an unending series of sight gags coupled with very great comic performances. Its theme (reconciliation of Arabs, Christians and Jews) is even more relevant today than when it came out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Review: This is one of the funniest films ever made. It ranks with Pink Panther, Life of Brian, Young Frankenstein or a Fish Named Wanda. There are an unending series of sight gags coupled with very great comic performances. Its theme (reconciliation of Arabs, Christians and Jews) is even more relevant today than when it came out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Salomon est Juiiiif! (Salomon is Jewiiiish!)
Review: This is the incredible story of a French man Pivert (Louis de Funes) who discovers with awe that his driver Salomon is Jewish. For Pivert, anyone who's not "pure white" must be some type of alien. So Salomon is fired...
By unexpected and ridiculously funny circumstances, Pivert not only finds himself immersed in the Orthodox Jewish world, but he is dressed up as the Rabbi of the community in order to save his life!!
Priceless -especially the dance scene! - you will not regret this one!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Note to a Previous Reviewer
Review: To "a viewer", who titled his review "Great movie ... poor DVD treatment", and complained: " (Also, there are no options for [...] -- I speak for others -- English dubbing.)":

You don't *want* to hear the English dubbing from the original release. They even changed the character's name from "Pivert" to "Beaver"...

(I haven't yet seen this DVD -- i intend to do so as soon as possible -- the five stars above are for the film, one of the great slapstick comedies of all time.

(I might subtract one or even two if the DVD transfer is sufficiently atrocious or the film is severely edited.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Note to a Previous Reviewer
Review: To "a viewer", who titled his review "Great movie ... poor DVD treatment", and complained: " (Also, there are no options for [...] -- I speak for others -- English dubbing.)":

You don't *want* to hear the English dubbing from the original release. They even changed the character's name from "Pivert" to "Beaver"...

(I haven't yet seen this DVD -- i intend to do so as soon as possible -- the five stars above are for the film, one of the great slapstick comedies of all time.

(I might subtract one or even two if the DVD transfer is sufficiently atrocious or the film is severely edited.)


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