This is another Jerry Lewis film I could not finish.
Once again he plays the same character--a bumbling idiot whose sole purpose in life, it seems, is to make mistakes. The plot of this film was bad enough, but the silliness is compounded when it asks us to invest time in a character that is clownish. I can enjoy watching a simpleton if the act has some subtlety, but not when the act is transparently stupid. That we expect of circus clowns. For example, when Jerry drops a tray of ice and glasses, and he pretends to try to pick them up, we see him squeeze each ice cube he picks up so that it shoots out of his hand. That is not physical comedy at its best. That is insulting.
There are other Lewis films that are worth seeing. This is not one. For example, try The King of Comedy. Some of Jerry's movies with Dean are actually good, perhaps because someone else had control of the production and could keep Jerry in check.
Once again he plays the same character--a bumbling idiot whose sole purpose in life, it seems, is to make mistakes. The plot of this film was bad enough, but the silliness is compounded when it asks us to invest time in a character that is clownish. I can enjoy watching a simpleton if the act has some subtlety, but not when the act is transparently stupid. That we expect of circus clowns. For example, when Jerry drops a tray of ice and glasses, and he pretends to try to pick them up, we see him squeeze each ice cube he picks up so that it shoots out of his hand. That is not physical comedy at its best. That is insulting.
There are other Lewis films that are worth seeing. This is not one. For example, try The King of Comedy. Some of Jerry's movies with Dean are actually good, perhaps because someone else had control of the production and could keep Jerry in check.