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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    83
    It's a classic example of how a movie can be great without, strictly speaking, being good. But when something is this funny, who wants to speak strictly?
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Olly Richards
    60
    As a chance to see the celebrated Broadway show with the original cast, this is a treat. As a re-interpretation of a classic, though, it's a disappointment.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    The Producers on screen, as a musical, does not work. It is not very funny. It doesn't look right. It's depressing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 59
  3. Negative: 12 out of 59
  1. Sephia
    10
    This was absolutely hilarious! I haven't laughed that loud (or that long) since I saw the Producers on Broadway!
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  2. AMovieCritic
    5
    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.… Expand
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  3. JLiddy
    3
    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.… Expand
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