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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual humor and references
Starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Andrea Martin, and Debra Monk
The movie classic that became a Broadway sensation now becomes a movie musical event.
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Musical |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Mel Brooks (also 1968 screenplay, 2001 stage play book & lyrics)
Thomas Meehan (also 2001 stage play music) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Susan Stroman |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 16, 2006 Theatrical: December 16, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 134 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
Received four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture (Musical or Comedy).
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 138 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ken gave it a6:
Though some of the humor falls flat and it suffers from an unbearably long ending, The Producers is quite a fun and exuberant movie.
Roy R. gave it a0:
I'm someone who has a fairly strong stomach for bad films, it takes a nasty ride for me to stop appreciating something even as wallpaper, That said I turned this off. It was making me sick so I turned it off.
John H. gave it an8:
I never saw the Broadway production. I am too young (15) to know the original version. But this movie seemed like a good performance of a good musical. It does not stand out for its musical virtues, but nothing on Broadway (besides Soundheim) is of musical caliber anywhere near the average classical CD I can pick up at the library. Musicals are never created to showcase music alone, anyway. Two complaints seem to be: that the movie does not convey the full brilliance of the Broadway version, and that it does not take advantage of the movie-medium. As to the second, I would be sorely upset if any more of the music was cut out; I rented the DVD to see a full musical for a fortieth the price, not a destroyed and non-musical movie based on a musical which was originally based on a non-musical movie that was (apparently) great to begin with. And, if the Broadway rendition was much better than this one, it must truly have been magnificent; this one is quite good.
Melissa M. gave it a2:
I was truely disappointed. This is the first Mel Brooks production I've ever seen that I didn't like. I don't think I laughed a single time. Just Mel cracking jokes at Jews and Gays and Nazi's because he can -- after all, he is Mel... Miss this one, hopefully he will bounce back.
J Liddy gave it a3:
This movie disapoints. I wonder if those reviewers who rated this movie highly ever saw the original whick was truely a scream and should be seen so as to put this remake in context. The role of "LSD" as played by Dick Shawn was incredibly funny but was written out of the remake. Will Ferrel could have been a great "LSD". Yet the originally small role of the swedish secretary was expanded, unecesary, and boring. Nathan Lane is Talented but Zero Mostel was a genius who's portrayal of Max reached into the audience's head whith madcap angst. I never fully apeciated his talent until now. Rent this movie, but buy the original and enjoy it for years to come.
A Movie Critic gave it a5:
Too long. The problem is the songs, which serve to interrupt the comedy and story, and end up dragging on and on. I'm sure they were entertaining on Broadway, but on a screen, it's just not. It's boring, and the songs drag on and on. On a Broadway stage, songs can go on and on because there's something exciting, (I guess) about seeing big musical numbers performed right in front of you. But in a movie, on a screen, they've got to be short and quick, because they do nothing but interrupt the plot. The movie, (when there's no singing going on,) is funny, and the idea was always a creative one, and there are some very funny performanes here. But you can't enjoy the movie when it keeps interrupting itself for yet another pointless musical number. Clocking in at over 2 hours, it's a long movie, and one that would have been much better with at least 30 minutes cut. And there's no question about where the cuts should have taken place; the SONGS. Some could have easily been eliminated (or at the very least shortened) and it would have greatly benefitted the movie.
Jeff F. gave it a7:
Pretty good film,but why did they leave out the best parts of the original? L.S.D. The bar scene and blowing up the theater.
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