On their way to Paris, Duke de Sissi and his pregnant wife stop at a country doctor's home to deliver. A peasant couple is already there. Both couples have twin boys but the busy doctor gets the babies mixed up. In 1789, brothers Charles (Donald Sutherland) and Claude Coupé (Gene Wilder) are two cowardly peasant revolutionaries. Philippe (Gene Wilder) and Pierre DeSisi (Donald Sutherland) are arrogant aristocrats in Corsica. King Louis XVI is in his summer palace. His wife Marie Antoinette is interested in all the men except her husband. Duke d'Escargot is scheming in the royal court. He delivers a letter from Marie to the Desisis with a scheme to betray the King. They plan to come in disguise but their peasant twins get mistaken for them.
This comedy has some good wackiness but it does get repetitive. This depends a lot on the pairing of Sutherland and Wilder. They are likable enough but they do pale in comparison. Sutherland has done better. Wilder would eventually find his comedic soulmate in Richard Pryor. It's a wacky historical comedy that has its wacky moments.
This comedy has some good wackiness but it does get repetitive. This depends a lot on the pairing of Sutherland and Wilder. They are likable enough but they do pale in comparison. Sutherland has done better. Wilder would eventually find his comedic soulmate in Richard Pryor. It's a wacky historical comedy that has its wacky moments.