Some funny parts but overall mid

Some funny parts but overall mid

This is my type of humor, I swear I laughed a lot watching this.
Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks are so cute together! We can see that they had a lot of fun filming this. Now I dream of acting with my husband someday, so we can have as much fun as they did.

This is my type of humor, I swear I laughed a lot watching this.
Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks are so cute together! We can see that they had a lot of fun filming this. Now I dream of acting with my husband someday, so we can have as much fun as they did.

Honestly on par with the original, some stuff was funnier, some stuff not as much but pretty clearly a passion project for Brooks

Honestly on par with the original, some stuff was funnier, some stuff not as much but pretty clearly a passion project for Brooks

Not all of it works, but once the Nazis get a bigger presence in the movie it’s really a great little comedy that handles the strictness of Nazi German tule pretty well. I gotta see the original though because Mel Brooks was not great as the lead I gotta say

Not all of it works, but once the Nazis get a bigger presence in the movie it’s really a great little comedy that handles the strictness of Nazi German tule pretty well. I gotta see the original though because Mel Brooks was not great as the lead I gotta say

It’s nowhere near as good as Lubitsch’s original, but still so funny and so entertaining.  If anybody could do the near-impossible task of remaking it, it’s probably Mel Brooks, who furthered the original’s Nazi-satire legacy.  Most of the scenes and dialogue are verbatim from the original, but it doesn’t feel too much like a carbon copy for it to become stale thanks to the cast, especially Charles Durning who is hilarious as Col. Erhardt.(even getting a surprise Oscar nod for it). The only cast member that is clearly inferior to the original is probably Anne Bancroft, who has nowhere near the comedic timing and distinct physical humor of Carole Lombard.(but then again, most comedic actors don’t).  I wish it expanded more on the darker aspects of the original rather than being a straight-ahead comedy, but it’s still worth seeing for Brooks fans.

It’s nowhere near as good as Lubitsch’s original, but still so funny and so entertaining.  If anybody could do the near-impossible task of remaking it, it’s probably Mel Brooks, who furthered the original’s Nazi-satire legacy.  Most of the scenes and dialogue are verbatim from the original, but it doesn’t feel too much like a carbon copy for it to become stale thanks to the cast, especially Charles Durning who is hilarious as Col. Erhardt.(even getting a surprise Oscar nod for it). The only cast member that is clearly inferior to the original is probably Anne Bancroft, who has nowhere near the comedic timing and distinct physical humor of Carole Lombard.(but then again, most comedic actors don’t).  I wish it expanded more on the darker aspects of the original rather than being a straight-ahead comedy, but it’s still worth seeing for Brooks fans.