Situational humor mixed with romance as director Carl Reiner adapts his autobiographical play to the big screen. David Kolowitz(Reni Santoni)lives in the Bronx in a small apartment with his mother Emma(Shirley Winters)and father Morris(David Opatoshu). David works in an electrical machine shop, but dreams of a career in acting on the stage; that is how you become a movie star. His mother insists that the family must borrow money to get David in a school, so he can become a respectable pharmacist. The young dreamer finds an add looking for stage actors to work in a rundown theater run by Harrison Marlow(Jose Ferer)and his daughter Angela(Elaine May). One a heavy drinker and the other a ham actor. The job doesn't pay much; actually nothing at all...the chosen actor will pay the theater for learning to act.
I kept waiting for this movie to get funny. The humor only had me aggravated. I guess, it could be regional humor I was missing out on. Other players: Janet Margolin, Michael J. Pollard, Nancy Kovack, Richard Deacon and Don Rickles. Small appearance by Rob Reiner.
I kept waiting for this movie to get funny. The humor only had me aggravated. I guess, it could be regional humor I was missing out on. Other players: Janet Margolin, Michael J. Pollard, Nancy Kovack, Richard Deacon and Don Rickles. Small appearance by Rob Reiner.