Oscar (1991)

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

"She has excellent diphthongs." "Yeah, that's what got her into trouble in the first place!" (To roughly paraphrase.) If you like that kind of comedy, you will love this film.The guy on stage falling over the chair, is always a hoot no matter how many times you see it or have seen it, or anticipate the fall happening. Black bag switcheroo that may contain $50,000 worth of Jewels, or $50,000 cash, or $10 worth of laundry is just a hoot, never mind the obvious factor that each bag would be noticeable by weight. Reality you should want to never interfere with comedy! Somehow, Mob Accountant--Anthony Rossano/Vincent Spano-- stealing $1000,000 from his mob boss (Anthony Provolone/Sylvester Stallone--pronounced Provolon, and incorrectly pronounced by speech coach Dr. Pool/Tim Curry--as the Italian {Provolonay}) and wanting to marry the Mob Bosses daughter, Lisa Provolone/Marissa Tomei, who falsely bruits it about that she is pregnant by said accountant... Well as it is said--What can possibly go wrong? Don Ameche and Kirk Douglas, stalwarts from another film era play important roles.Not only are bags mistaken, so are chickens mistaken for guns--don't ask. Innocuous Italian tailors mistaken as ruthless hit men who boast of the excellent work and highly praised work of mob boss Brazini (?)but actually praising the suit they made and was wearing when he was knifed in the back while dining in a restaurant, with photo from newspaper for proof. And somehow another Provolone daughter, Theresa/Elizabeth Barondes, shows up saying falsely that she is Provolone's daughter cause that was the first name she could think of not realizing he was a mobster, but in reality, Provolone and a long lost maid once joined in conjugal bliss and lo and behold... Well see the movie to learn who is actually marrying whom...Comedy works because nobody stops to inject a dose of reality. Those bags would weigh differently, and it would be noticeable. The Italian mob henchman wearing spats? Italians as cliché mobsters right out of "The Untouchable" (Vendetti ?)TV series of the late fifties. How many weapons can a mobster carry hidden in his suit coat? But the trick is to do all of this shtick with a straight face. And the actors pull off a brilliant piece of comedy straight faced, along with impeccable timing. I saw this charming and hilarious movie when it came out in 1991, and it still is excellent and worth watching. And now available on YouTube.

Fantastic cast. You'll laugh out loud. I haven't laughed this much in a long time. Sylvester did great in this comedy, he was really funny. The plot is great, it has twists, you keep on laughing the entire time.I haven't watched the original one so i don't know which one is better but I'm totally satisfied with this version, it has everything a great movie needs. I'll be honest with you I rarely find comedy movies worth watching (most of them just makes you laugh few times only) but this one takes comedy into new level.While watching it I kept on laughing my family got excited they wanted to watch it.I watch this movie whenever I feel down. This is maybe one of the best comedies I have seen. It's a must-see movie, way better than modern comedy movies.

Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in order, I come to 1991's Oscar.Plot In A Paragraph: Angelo "Snaps" (Stallone) Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed, that he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Snaps sets about to keep his promise, and become a banker.Rival muscle man Arnold Schwarzenegger had scored big with two comedies in 'Twins' and 'Kindergarden Cop' so Sly hoped for similar results when he tried his hand at comedy. Oscar would have been a great stage play, but it just doesn't work on film and more damagingly its not very funny. A lot of the jokes are from the 30's and are poorly delivered and just not funny.Whilst not as bad as some would have you believe, and you have to give him credit for trying something different. The movie does have a certain charm to it, mostly thanks to Stallones performance. Most of the supporting cast are very poor, so despite an energetic (if over the top) performance from Sly. Oscar never raises itself above anything other than "ok" or "alright"

But it wasn't this movie! Award Winning Cast! Probably Stallone's best opportunity to break away from the Rambo and Rocky images, this is one of the most enjoyable, pleasant, family entertaining movies ever made.Where is should be a classic, it was deep-shelved and removed from any video, DVD or online streaming lists. But as the movie's own tag-line said: "In crime and comedy, timing is everything".While Stallone takes center stage, this beautifully arranged supporting staff, wonderfully done cinematography and brilliantly written script make this a movie for the masses that should have had a 2nd and 3rd life in video and DVD sales... and would be one of the most viewed videos on Netflix given the chance.Just the sound bytes of Tim Curry's Dr. Thornton Poole, Peter Riegert's Aldo, Chazz Palminteri's Friendly thug Connie...If you don't catch yourself off guard laughing and this fast moving quippy dialog, you are missing your humor gene.