"The Big Kahuna" is based on a play, but without being told, you'd probably know; the movie has all of three actors and one set. The characters are three industrial lubricants salesmen at a convention in Wichita, Kansas. The action all takes place in their hospitality suite where they plot sales strategies, and, as an aside, resolve the great questions of human existence.
It's not very entertaining. Unlike other plays that have been brought successfully to the screen, there's no real drama. There is no central issue to resolve like in "12 Angry Men". These guys are trying to land a big lubricants contract. It's a tough sell, it's slipping away from them, and they're desperate. This predicament then serves as a metaphor for the sallowness of life, lost love, and yadda-yadda.
By the end of the movie I didn't care if they made the sale or collectively swan-dived off their balcony. Danny Devito, Kevin Spacey, and newcomer Peter Facinelli do excellent acting work, but in the end their talents are wasted on a play that should never have been brought to the screen. In my opinion skip this movie.
It's not very entertaining. Unlike other plays that have been brought successfully to the screen, there's no real drama. There is no central issue to resolve like in "12 Angry Men". These guys are trying to land a big lubricants contract. It's a tough sell, it's slipping away from them, and they're desperate. This predicament then serves as a metaphor for the sallowness of life, lost love, and yadda-yadda.
By the end of the movie I didn't care if they made the sale or collectively swan-dived off their balcony. Danny Devito, Kevin Spacey, and newcomer Peter Facinelli do excellent acting work, but in the end their talents are wasted on a play that should never have been brought to the screen. In my opinion skip this movie.