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Absolutely Brilliant!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Two street peddlers, Jack and Barney, arrive in Florida looking for a better and wealthy lifestyle, when Jack falls for Olivia, a young heiress running a shelter for orphaned children which is threatened with closure. Jack enrols both of them at a finishing school to learn the manners of the upper classes in order to fit in and hope Oliva's uncle will approve of Jack wanting her and help her obtain an inheritance to save the orphanage....I'm really surprised that there is so much love for this movie, I was expecting something way ahead of its time, but no, I got a forgettable film from the eighties.But maybe its my fault. If I had saw it around the time I was fifteen, I might be on of those stating its one of the greatest comedies ever made.Maybe if is not seen superior movies in this sub genre like, Dumb and Dumber, Wayne's World, Bill and Ted, even Night at the Roxbury, I might state the above too.But I really much doubt that.Even though it precedes the above movie by many years, the plot and the narrative is as old as the hills. Its a class war, the rich win because they are rich, but in the end get usurped by the street urchins, because they have all the best jokes and are helped by Denholm Elliott (the best thing in this movie).Toward the beginning of the final third, the titular characters get into some peril, but predictable as ever, everything comes up whoopee in the end.Its not funny, the jokes are puerile, and the leads are not very endearing, or in other words, if you don't care for the leads, how can you care about the film.Another film I missed in my youth, which I probably would have loved when I was a teenWhich isn't really saying much....

My brother and I in 1987 we sacking out in the living room and this movie came on Showtime. I watched it again in 1994 with a friend. Its got a simple story line, but the characters are OUT OF THIS WORLD FUNNY. Two guys head to Florida, meet a hot woman and need to go to this institute in the everglades to learn manners to save a children's school. I mean how dumb right, the sound track gets you motivated to keep watching. When They arrive at the institute they run into the Butler and the humor blasts off with the name of the butler and Paul Rodriquez's response!!! The first night of "gentlemen school" the funniest scene ever is the dinner scene. I friggin watched this movie about ten times, and every time the dinner scene floors me. Crude stupid simple low brow cracks. This is my favorite comedy of all time. And the weird Lacrosse type game at the end. I really don't understand why more peeps don't go bonkers for this film. funny, funny funny. Another movie like this is "Young Doctors in Love", "80s"

When I saw this movie the first time I thought it was soso. Since I'm a listener to Mike Oldfield I thought I'm going to give another chance. I looked at it again this time when I wasn't tired. What a super movie! The jokes gets so lost in the translations so you shouldn't watch it if can't follow the English. Obviously you have to have a certain sense of humor to really appreciate a movie like this. It's not the plumpness in the jokes made by Jake's partner but instead the total charm of these dim-wits who try to make it. I told my friend at the pub about the last joke "as long as I have a face..." and I got a couple of good laughs from some girls that overheard our conversation. A movie I really recommend.Cheers

Amazed to see a very low rating, this is a movie you have to watch two or three times to see all the one liners and humour this movie possesses,sure its foul and disgusting in places but you would not be watching if it was not like that, This is a film that will bring tears to your eyes,excellent choice of characters all fitted there parts very well, all I can say if you have not seen this movie and like me you have a very warped sense of humour, buy it and watch it you WILL love it.For making me totally laugh my ass off I have to rate this little gem from the past 10/10,and so will you, buy it watch it you will love it.