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Summary: smart people hate this movie
Review: If you're smart and like Steve Martin's funny movies (The Jerk, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, etc...) do not see Mixed Nuts. It is terrible. Sandler is wasted, Khan whines, and Juliette Lewis is... Juliette Lewis--anoying as ever. If you like Steve Martin's horrible movies (Houseguest, Father of the Bride, Sgt Bilko) you'll probably love this movie. I wish I knew why... Smart people with taste: Avoid this movie at all costs!
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Summary: the funniest movie i've have ever seen!!!!!!
Review: it has it's stupid parts, but that's what makes it funny
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Summary: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
Review: It puzzles me. Nora Ephron made "Sleepless in Seattle", "You've Got Mail", and "Michael". They all grossed over $100 million at the American box office. "Mixed Nuts" grossed six million at the American box office, and has been subject to bad reviews. How can anyone be so mean as to say something bad about THE greatest Christmas movie of ALL TIME? Why is "It's a Wonderful Life" so hyped up? I thought that was ok. This on the other hand, is one of the main things I look forward to every holiday season. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Nora Ephron has made a feel good holiday classic which is a present to unwrap every holiday season. I wish everybody would realize that "Its a Wonderful Life" is "Isthar" compared to this wonderful movie. Ephron has directed a brilliant cast. Every single person in this movie is great. Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Liev Schrieber, Rita Wilson, Juliette Lewis, etc. But there is one person who stands out the most and even beats Martin's charming performace-- Madeline Kahn. Just about anything she said had me in hysterics. She makes the role of the unhappy and lonely Mrs. Munchnik so lovable, nobody could have done it better. I thought she definatly deserved an Academy Award for this performance, she put in the funniest performance by an actress in a movie EVER! No other actress made me laugh as much as she did. Kahn is the only reason I watch "Cosby", because normally I never watch TV shows. After seeing her in this, you cannot resist her charm. Madeline also brings some of Mrs. Munchnik with her in her character in "Cosby". She is wonderful.Madeline Kahn, along with director Nora Ephron and a brilliant cast, make this a classic. If you want to escape your holiday woes, this will really lift your spirits with a laugh a minute and a touching ending. Buy this movie and watch it constantly in December like I do. It is a hunderd times more enjoyable than actully opening presents. For Steve Martin fans, this is his best and most charming. Nora Ephron should re unite this cast for another movie like she did with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan after the "Sleepless" success. No Christmas is merry without this movie. Need I say any more
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Summary: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
Review: It puzzles me. Nora Ephron made "Sleepless in Seattle", "You've Got Mail", and "Michael". They all grossed over $100 million at the American box office. "Mixed Nuts" grossed six million at the American box office, and has been subject to bad reviews. How can anyone be so mean as to say something bad about THE greatest Christmas movie of ALL TIME? Why is "It's a Wonderful Life" so hyped up? I thought that was ok. This on the other hand, is one of the main things I look forward to every holiday season. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Nora Ephron has made a feel good holiday classic which is a present to unwrap every holiday season. I wish everybody would realize that "Its a Wonderful Life" is "Isthar" compared to this wonderful movie. Ephron has directed a brilliant cast. Every single person in this movie is great. Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Liev Schrieber, Rita Wilson, Juliette Lewis, etc. But there is one person who stands out the most and even beats Martin's charming performace-- Madeline Kahn. Just about anything she said had me in hysterics. She makes the role of the unhappy and lonely Mrs. Munchnik so lovable, nobody could have done it better. I thought she definatly deserved an Academy Award for this performance, she put in the funniest performance by an actress in a movie EVER! No other actress made me laugh as much as she did. Kahn is the only reason I watch "Cosby", because normally I never watch TV shows. After seeing her in this, you cannot resist her charm. Madeline also brings some of Mrs. Munchnik with her in her character in "Cosby". She is wonderful.Madeline Kahn, along with director Nora Ephron and a brilliant cast, make this a classic. If you want to escape your holiday woes, this will really lift your spirits with a laugh a minute and a touching ending. Buy this movie and watch it constantly in December like I do. It is a hunderd times more enjoyable than actully opening presents. For Steve Martin fans, this is his best and most charming. Nora Ephron should re unite this cast for another movie like she did with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan after the "Sleepless" success. No Christmas is merry without this movie. Need I say any more
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Summary: Since Adam Sandler is in it, he makes it so hilarious
Review: It RULE
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Summary: A GUILTY PLEASURE!... (NOT for the easily offended!)
Review: Let's face it, setting a comedy at a suicide prevention hotline center smacks of some truly tastless humor. However, black humor/farce doesn't bow to such societal pressure as "inappropriate subject matter". Clearly anyone who has felt the tragedy of suicide in their lives won't take to this one bit. However, that being said... "Mixed Nuts" is a TRULY hysterical film. Once again, the late MADELINE KAHN steals the show (like she did in "What's Up Doc?"). It stars a name cast including Steve Martin, Juliette Lewis, Anthony Lapaglia, Adam Sandler, Rob Reiner and Garry Shandling. Rita Wilson is an actress I'm not familiar with but who did a great job here and the drag queen played by Liev Schrieber was awesome! The hijinks revolve around a suicide prevention hotline ("Lifesavers"!) run by a not particularly stable crew. The center is in danger of bankruptcy and all are in fear of the "seaside strangler". Following around the Christmas fruitcake throughout the film is a wonderful plot devise. Seeing Madeline Kahn stuck in the elevator trying to rap on an electronic keyboard is one of the funniest moments I've ever seen on film. It was to the great discredit of the producers of a recent biography on her that this film wan't even mentioned. There are many, many funny moments here and even the soundtrack is exceptional. The upbeat, funky "White Christmas" at the opening, with views of a sunny beach and a snowman made of sand set the tone for this wacky and delightful film. Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" is great as well. If your looking for an outrageous, truly hysterical comedy and don't have easily offended friends, then this movie will make you a hit this Christmas season!!! (Mainstream critics hated it... so you know it MUST be good! It must have been "incorrect" to publicly admit to liking it!!!) My congratulations to Nora Ephron for making a comedy classic. Enjoy... and don't forget to pass the fruitcake along!!!
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Summary: A GUILTY PLEASURE!... (NOT for the easily offended!)
Review: Let's face it, setting a comedy at a suicide prevention hotline center smacks of some truly tastless humor. However, black humor/farce doesn't bow to such societal pressure as "inappropriate subject matter". Clearly anyone who has felt the tragedy of suicide in their lives won't take to this one bit. However, that being said... "Mixed Nuts" is a TRULY hysterical film. Once again, the late MADELINE KAHN steals the show (like she did in "What's Up Doc?"). It stars a name cast including Steve Martin, Juliette Lewis, Anthony Lapaglia, Adam Sandler, Rob Reiner and Garry Shandling. Rita Wilson is an actress I'm not familiar with but who did a great job here and the drag queen played by Liev Schrieber was awesome! The hijinks revolve around a suicide prevention hotline ("Lifesavers"!) run by a not particularly stable crew. The center is in danger of bankruptcy and all are in fear of the "seaside strangler". Following around the Christmas fruitcake throughout the film is a wonderful plot devise. Seeing Madeline Kahn stuck in the elevator trying to rap on an electronic keyboard is one of the funniest moments I've ever seen on film. It was to the great discredit of the producers of a recent biography on her that this film wan't even mentioned. There are many, many funny moments here and even the soundtrack is exceptional. The upbeat, funky "White Christmas" at the opening, with views of a sunny beach and a snowman made of sand set the tone for this wacky and delightful film. Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" is great as well. If your looking for an outrageous, truly hysterical comedy and don't have easily offended friends, then this movie will make you a hit this Christmas season!!! (Mainstream critics hated it... so you know it MUST be good! It must have been "incorrect" to publicly admit to liking it!!!) My congratulations to Nora Ephron for making a comedy classic. Enjoy... and don't forget to pass the fruitcake along!!!
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Summary: Christmas is more fun if you are a little warped
Review: Mixed Nuts grows on you IF you have a quirky sense of humor. Yes, there are parts that grate, annoy, and perturb, and there are other parts that will delight you. No matter how often I watch this, I love the musical intro to the film with all the scenes around Venice, with a bum wrapped up like a candy cane, an angelic girl's choir waiting on a bus bench, a skating snowman, and the bad-tempered roller bladers. Madeline Kahn gets some of the greatest lines, rapping "I'm stuck inna' elevator" with a Christmas toy, trying to make enough racket so that someone will come to her rescue. Once rescued, she races to the bathroom in urgent need, only to find that the self-indulgent and pregnant Juliette Lewis has locked herself in it. Finally the girl opens the door and everyone topples in. Madeline next turns up on the john, holding a bath towel as a privacy screen, as she shares her private moment with everyone else. The world is a sadder place without Madeline Kahn in it. She makes a sad, lonely and bitter woman lovable in the end. Nora Ephron assembled a cast and characters that cannot exist in real life...except that I walked past a local shop of oddities and such, with the proprietress busy arranging a wide assortment of rummage, and I realized that it was the Juliette Lewis character come to life, even aged appropriately since the movie's date. I whispered "Mixed Nuts" to my husband, and he got the joke immediately. Now we're watching for that pink-wrapped fruitcake.
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Summary: Christmas is more fun if you are a little warped
Review: Mixed Nuts grows on you IF you have a quirky sense of humor. Yes, there are parts that grate, annoy, and perturb, and there are other parts that will delight you. No matter how often I watch this, I love the musical intro to the film with all the scenes around Venice, with a bum wrapped up like a candy cane, an angelic girl's choir waiting on a bus bench, a skating snowman, and the bad-tempered roller bladers. Madeline Kahn gets some of the greatest lines, rapping "I'm stuck inna' elevator" with a Christmas toy, trying to make enough racket so that someone will come to her rescue. Once rescued, she races to the bathroom in urgent need, only to find that the self-indulgent and pregnant Juliette Lewis has locked herself in it. Finally the girl opens the door and everyone topples in. Madeline next turns up on the john, holding a bath towel as a privacy screen, as she shares her private moment with everyone else. The world is a sadder place without Madeline Kahn in it. She makes a sad, lonely and bitter woman lovable in the end. Nora Ephron assembled a cast and characters that cannot exist in real life...except that I walked past a local shop of oddities and such, with the proprietress busy arranging a wide assortment of rummage, and I realized that it was the Juliette Lewis character come to life, even aged appropriately since the movie's date. I whispered "Mixed Nuts" to my husband, and he got the joke immediately. Now we're watching for that pink-wrapped fruitcake.
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Summary: NOT YOUR AVERAGE CHRISTMAS MOVIE
Review: MIXED NUTS has some very funny moments, and even though it has a lot of misses in it, overall it's quite a different and enjoyable Christmas movie. Set at a Suicide Hotline service, the movie takes place on Christmas Eve, and we find that the counselors themselves may be just as "depressed" as the call-ins. What makes this movie enjoyable are the performances of some of the cast members: the late and great Madeleine Kahn is magnificent in a role that could only have been played by her. Her attempts to get out of a stuck elevator are priceless, especially when she uses a Christmas toy to sing a rap song. Kahn is priceless and we sorely miss her comedic genius. Liev Schrieber takes the drag queen role to new heights with a sensitive and touching performance as a man who is lonely and in need of someone; Adam Sandler is comicly brilliant as the ukulele strumming minstrel who comes up with some pretty funny impromptu songs; Juliette Lewis and Rita Wilson are fine as the pregnant Gracie and the lovestruck Katherine. Steve Martin, Anthony LaPaglia and Garry Shandling don't fare as well; Martin is too much "Steve Martin" and LaPaglia just seems miscast. Overall, though, the film has some delightful moments and is a different way to look at this time of year. It's not a classic, but it's entertaining.
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