I bought this film from a local pound shop so I cant say I'm surprised at how bad it was,but I have had some enjoyment out of this film. But it has to be the most stupidly bad comedy film ever made, while watching the film you cant help but think that if the story was put in the right hands it probably would have been a good movie (with Jim Carrey in the lead and maybe David Zucker directing) but it is one of those films that is so dumb SO badly acted and directed that you actually cant help but laugh all the way through it, so does this make it a good comedy because its funny for all the wrong reasons?, NO! its absolute crap. You can definitely see why raimi took his name off the film.
12 Reviews
Stupid movie
Kakueke23 September 2001
I like slapstick if done well, but it certainly isn't in this idiotic "comedy" about two twin brothers in different life situations switching roles (boy, compare "Trading Places"). Neither the slapstick nor anything else in this movie is funny. Perhaps the pie fight is a minor redeemer, for even tho it could be better in certain ways, it is so long and thorough that it is somewhat enjoyable. It is also tainted by the stupid antics, however. If you've seen "Spy Hard" and did not like it, do no see this. You gotta be nuts to like this film.
Am I an only twin?
nogodnomasters18 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The comedy is slapstick and juvenile. Nathan has multiple personality disorders, all of which makes him act like The Stooges, although it wasn't really funny. There is some sex parody scenes that didn't work well either. Nathan manages to leave the mental institution and make it to his twin brother's house where no one, including his wife can tell them apart. The humor is old and stale. Tracy Lords looks sweet in a maid's outfit, but we've seen her looking better. Not worth the price of a rental. Avoid, unless you are extremely immature.
No f-bombs, no nudity, no real sex.
No f-bombs, no nudity, no real sex.
B-Grade Dumb and Dumber
BadMoFo28 February 1999
this movie is stupid. some parts might get a giggle or two but this is a really silly film. it's ok if you like slapstick comedy or you are a person who is a fanatic of dumb and dumber or chevy chase films, but otherwise, you might like to leave this one on the shelf. but for a laugh get it, if just to see the stupidity.
Not worth the 5p I paid for it
tomwwilson23 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This film has no redeeming qualities and is plain boring from start to finish. Avoid at all costs. The acting in this film is non-existent. The worst part of this film by far is the poorly executed cliché opening - 'lets go back and see how I got here', with an eternity spent sat watching a cake being made with some incredibly grating music. The plot is so extremely bizarre and confusing that you spend most of the movie wondering what is going on. This movie is like a Looney Tunes special edition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but with a complete lack of comedy or direction.
This is by far the worst film I have ever seen and is not worth the £0.05 ($0.07) that I paid for it. Making it to the ending of this film was a treacherous task and was unrewarded, I am not really sure what happened in the ending, but as far as I can tell a new character is introduced to tie up all lose ends, and he appears to have a robotic eye for some reason. Your 5 pence would be put to better use if you spin it on the table, a much more exciting form of entertainment than this movie is.
This is by far the worst film I have ever seen and is not worth the £0.05 ($0.07) that I paid for it. Making it to the ending of this film was a treacherous task and was unrewarded, I am not really sure what happened in the ending, but as far as I can tell a new character is introduced to tie up all lose ends, and he appears to have a robotic eye for some reason. Your 5 pence would be put to better use if you spin it on the table, a much more exciting form of entertainment than this movie is.
This thing almost ruined my Christmas!
t_atzmueller16 February 2012
Ah, there one always complains about modern comedies, specifically the Friedberg / Seltzer productions like "Epic Movie", "Disaster Movie", "You-name-it-movies" and how the genre of slapstick comedy is going down the drain. However, it would be unfair to blame this phenomenon to the 21st century; there has been crap in the early 90's too, and there's no better example than "The Nutt House".
Let's start off, talking about the cancer that's ailing this film: leading man Stephen Kearney. Let me say that, I've been laughing harder while pulling faces in the mirror (and I'm not good at pulling faces). Kearney's profile claims that he's one of the most prolific comedians in Australia, which may be true but leads me to the conclusion that Australia is far away from anywhere and that entertainment in the outback's is scare – I plan a career as comedian there myself; my show would consist of me smashing pies in my face, while hopping on one leg.
Checking out the IMDb profile of director Adam Rifkin, it caught me by surprise that he went on to direct "Detroit Rock City", a comedy which is among one of my personal favourites; living proof that nobody's beyond redemption – however, products are and if there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that there's no redemption for "The Nutt House".
It's been an old tradition that, after watching a movie – no matter whether good or bad – that I'll check the trivia page on IMDb. Couldn't help but notice that three actors had their final appearances in this film – I couldn't help but to think of "Airplane" and those poor suicidals.
As for the rating: if you see one star above this review, it comes from IMDb, not from me – from me it get's nothing.
As to this thing 'almost ruining my Christmas', well, it's true: some bozo at the local television station saw it fit to air this abomination on Christmas – and I was too well-fed and lazy to switch!
Let's start off, talking about the cancer that's ailing this film: leading man Stephen Kearney. Let me say that, I've been laughing harder while pulling faces in the mirror (and I'm not good at pulling faces). Kearney's profile claims that he's one of the most prolific comedians in Australia, which may be true but leads me to the conclusion that Australia is far away from anywhere and that entertainment in the outback's is scare – I plan a career as comedian there myself; my show would consist of me smashing pies in my face, while hopping on one leg.
Checking out the IMDb profile of director Adam Rifkin, it caught me by surprise that he went on to direct "Detroit Rock City", a comedy which is among one of my personal favourites; living proof that nobody's beyond redemption – however, products are and if there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that there's no redemption for "The Nutt House".
It's been an old tradition that, after watching a movie – no matter whether good or bad – that I'll check the trivia page on IMDb. Couldn't help but notice that three actors had their final appearances in this film – I couldn't help but to think of "Airplane" and those poor suicidals.
As for the rating: if you see one star above this review, it comes from IMDb, not from me – from me it get's nothing.
As to this thing 'almost ruining my Christmas', well, it's true: some bozo at the local television station saw it fit to air this abomination on Christmas – and I was too well-fed and lazy to switch!
Worst Film Ever
JohnZoidberg29 June 2006
Seriously, the Trivia for this film says that the writers/producers/whatever had their names removed from the credits 'after' they saw the result??? What about paying attention 'during' the filming...I cannot understand how 'anyone' could have needed to wait until 'after'the filming was complete to realize that this was a turd on the face of humanity. I don't know what that means exactly, but it sounds bad and that's the point.
I needed a random inoculation after seeing this film, not to mention the days, no 'weeks; of grovelling to my friends who I convinced to watch it with me.
Picture this....the lights are down, the popcorn is out, I've built the mood by describing the trailer I saw on another Video...the film starts....and within about 5 minutes I notice the sound of popcorn being chewed has stopped. Silence has filled the lounge room....
Of course, in hindsight I should have turned the video off, but like a train crash where the driver of the train turns out to be the conductor's pet poodle rather than a qualified individual, a certain fascination took place. Sure, I felt sorry for all of us knowing we would never be the same, but we were all unable to look away...yet no words were spoken. Stunner perhaps? It's possible, but 13 years on I still have flashbacks to the ridiculous sheep-like noise which echoed through the room every time the main character had a personality change...
Who can forget the looks on the faces of my fellow movie watchers who moved straight past blaming the film itself for being so bad to blaming me for renting it. I can still feel the stabbing pain of their dagger laden looks....the "Well...I'm going home" which was 'overlooked', simply for a swift and silent exit from my house. The empty feeling I was left with in a house full of sleeping parents in one room, sleeping brother in another, and me...alone in front of the television watching the credits (sans Writers/Producers mind you) roll up the screen, my thoughts bypassing the obvious "what were you people thinking!!" and moving straight onto "What the hell just happened!?"...
My life was never the same...(until of course I saw Jaws 4 when in fact it was 'exactly' the same as when watching this!) So, I highly UNrecommend this film.
Check out my 'other' UNrecommended films cos I sure can pick 'em!
I needed a random inoculation after seeing this film, not to mention the days, no 'weeks; of grovelling to my friends who I convinced to watch it with me.
Picture this....the lights are down, the popcorn is out, I've built the mood by describing the trailer I saw on another Video...the film starts....and within about 5 minutes I notice the sound of popcorn being chewed has stopped. Silence has filled the lounge room....
Of course, in hindsight I should have turned the video off, but like a train crash where the driver of the train turns out to be the conductor's pet poodle rather than a qualified individual, a certain fascination took place. Sure, I felt sorry for all of us knowing we would never be the same, but we were all unable to look away...yet no words were spoken. Stunner perhaps? It's possible, but 13 years on I still have flashbacks to the ridiculous sheep-like noise which echoed through the room every time the main character had a personality change...
Who can forget the looks on the faces of my fellow movie watchers who moved straight past blaming the film itself for being so bad to blaming me for renting it. I can still feel the stabbing pain of their dagger laden looks....the "Well...I'm going home" which was 'overlooked', simply for a swift and silent exit from my house. The empty feeling I was left with in a house full of sleeping parents in one room, sleeping brother in another, and me...alone in front of the television watching the credits (sans Writers/Producers mind you) roll up the screen, my thoughts bypassing the obvious "what were you people thinking!!" and moving straight onto "What the hell just happened!?"...
My life was never the same...(until of course I saw Jaws 4 when in fact it was 'exactly' the same as when watching this!) So, I highly UNrecommend this film.
Check out my 'other' UNrecommended films cos I sure can pick 'em!
Someone has taken their love of stooges one step too far.
Sic Coyote20 March 2002
This one is for Raimi (and stooge) fans only. It's really not that bad, I think that Sam perhaps took his stooge imitating(as seen in all Raimi movies) a little far. In fact you can imagine this being a movie from the Stooge/Marx stable the main character(who was written for Bruce Campbell obviously) is a mix of Harpo Marx & The Stooges. It kind of trails off towards the end. The acting is all over the top silliness with sight gags stuck in everywhere for the hell of it. Although he didn't want recognition as writing this I can imagine this is a movie that Sam still enjoys watching it just seems his level of humour.
Very artistic!!!!!
sethn17230 May 2006
What are the odds that you will find a movie so random, so different, so interesting, and so unusual that it makes all other movies seem obsolete? "The Nutt House" is one of them! In fact, because of these descriptors, it's actually quite hard to tell whether or not this movie actually make sense to me at all. Most people feel like a rock or a boulder after watching this film, but I felt changed after seeing this. It's one of those movies that is actually worth laughing at. No other movie out there is more different or strange than "The Nutt House." As for you guys out there that don't like these kinds of movies, don't watch it. For the brave and the bold, go rent it!
Aside some oddities it's fresh and original a The Three Stooges homage, one my guilty pleasure!!
elo-equipamentos13 May 2023
Revisiting this slapstick comedy developed by the famous Sam Raimi with a stelar casting in a fresh and original offer, I've see some kind of grudging from the critics and mainly by the bitter viewers that somehow scorned it by some bad sequences only, however it has their enchants in several scenes, overall it wasn't devoid of interest whatsoever.
The main premise starts when a recently born twin brothers Nattan and Philbert Nutt start a clash in few time, then her upset mother decides get ride of the troublemaker Nattan baby to be raise in a foster care, sadly Nattan didn't stay too long there, aftermaths moving to several institutions until be diagnosed as nuts Nattan (Stephen Kearney) developing multiple personalities, triggered when receives a hit at your head, he dreams be back at your home to live with his beloved brother Philbert (Stephen Keaney in double role).
Philbert is in the top due he got married with a wealthy woman Diane (Amy Yasbeck) he has been considered to running for be the next America's president, notwithstanding be selfish, greedy and unfaithful with his gorgeous maid Miss Tress (Traci Lords) that exposes all her sexy body unapologetic, Nattan got running away from the asylum and appears at his brother house, after that all kind of mix up take place there becoming in chaos where Nattan is misidentified as Philbert in several occasions, scattered so funniest moments of endless laughs.
The Nutt house aside glitches of low level in some sequences makes up for in others that in part prevail upon the bad ones, also featuring many fine actors from the past as Peter Lupus, Stella Stevens, Constance Towers, Robert "Doug" Colbert, Emil Sitka as a Stooges's tribute as in flying pies sequence, without forget the old acquaintance of Sam Raimi's Robert Trebor, as far I know The Nutt House never came out officially in Brazil, although I had intent to purchase it from any country, one my guilty pleasure.
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First watch: 1996 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 6.
The main premise starts when a recently born twin brothers Nattan and Philbert Nutt start a clash in few time, then her upset mother decides get ride of the troublemaker Nattan baby to be raise in a foster care, sadly Nattan didn't stay too long there, aftermaths moving to several institutions until be diagnosed as nuts Nattan (Stephen Kearney) developing multiple personalities, triggered when receives a hit at your head, he dreams be back at your home to live with his beloved brother Philbert (Stephen Keaney in double role).
Philbert is in the top due he got married with a wealthy woman Diane (Amy Yasbeck) he has been considered to running for be the next America's president, notwithstanding be selfish, greedy and unfaithful with his gorgeous maid Miss Tress (Traci Lords) that exposes all her sexy body unapologetic, Nattan got running away from the asylum and appears at his brother house, after that all kind of mix up take place there becoming in chaos where Nattan is misidentified as Philbert in several occasions, scattered so funniest moments of endless laughs.
The Nutt house aside glitches of low level in some sequences makes up for in others that in part prevail upon the bad ones, also featuring many fine actors from the past as Peter Lupus, Stella Stevens, Constance Towers, Robert "Doug" Colbert, Emil Sitka as a Stooges's tribute as in flying pies sequence, without forget the old acquaintance of Sam Raimi's Robert Trebor, as far I know The Nutt House never came out officially in Brazil, although I had intent to purchase it from any country, one my guilty pleasure.
Thanks for reading.
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First watch: 1996 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 6.
contains some iconic scenes
agof29 January 2024
This film was a cultural staple of family movies in the 90s, alongside both bad kid films, Beethoven, Critters 3, etc. And now it is very hard to find a copy of this film.
The only part people were squeamish about is the food fight. No one likes the food fight scenes in usa movies. It's another thing which actually happens in real life, and which is another reason why not-first-world countries hate first-world-countries more, than their home-grown dictators. At least the terrible people-killing-dictators don't do food waste. Instead they create famines.
This movie formed how people perceived the split personality disorder for years, even if it is comedically exaggerated. And well, it turned out to be scientifically accurate. Split personality is a hoax spread the same way as the vaccine conspiracy.
The story is unusually compact. Most of the film happens in real-time.
Robert Trebor from Hercules plays one of the characters.
This film can be funny or at-least impressive when it does live-action looney tunes and shows good VFX. When it does generic slapstick it is flat. There's an amount of memorable and iconic scenes.
The only part people were squeamish about is the food fight. No one likes the food fight scenes in usa movies. It's another thing which actually happens in real life, and which is another reason why not-first-world countries hate first-world-countries more, than their home-grown dictators. At least the terrible people-killing-dictators don't do food waste. Instead they create famines.
This movie formed how people perceived the split personality disorder for years, even if it is comedically exaggerated. And well, it turned out to be scientifically accurate. Split personality is a hoax spread the same way as the vaccine conspiracy.
The story is unusually compact. Most of the film happens in real-time.
Robert Trebor from Hercules plays one of the characters.
This film can be funny or at-least impressive when it does live-action looney tunes and shows good VFX. When it does generic slapstick it is flat. There's an amount of memorable and iconic scenes.
Not worth a rent.....
bato-220 February 1999
..but enough for a morning. I wouldn´t go rent it not even for a buck, but I would watch it again on T.V. It is entertaining, but it´s really stupid and the actors aren´t that good. Let´s just say it barely makes the cut. Besides, it´s a little surprising watching X actress Traci Lords trying to act in a comedy.
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