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Producers, The (re-release)

Universal acclaim
Based on 5 critic reviews
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Based on 19 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Musical
Written by: Mel Brooks
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 7, 2002
DVD: December 13, 2005
Running Time: 88 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor, Christopher Hewett, Lee Meredith, and Andréas Voutsinas
A re-release of writer/director Mel Brooks's cult comedy classic.
What The Critics Said
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
The one aspect of the original Producers that still stuns is the roaring, over-the-top, in-your-face thereness of its two lead performances.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein
Maniacally funny. It remains neck and neck with "Young Frankenstein" as Brooks' best film.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This is one of the funniest movies ever made. To see it now is to understand that. To see it for the first time in 1968, when I did, was to witness audacity so liberating that not even "There's Something About Mary" rivals it.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
However familiar, it delivers like a shorted slot machine.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
Mel Brooks's first and funniest, a spoof of Broadway theater that has earned a deservedly devoted cult following.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Connor gave it a10:
This is most certainly a classic comedy from Mel Brooks. It's different than many of Brooks' later films since he doesn't "hit you over the head" with the jokes, but allows some shards of subtlety to creep into the dialogue. After seeing the Broadway show and the subsequent movie musical, parts may seem a bit slow or toned down, but if you step back and watch it as a stand-alone film, you can see the absurdity (and genius) of the plotline. Zero Mostel is brilliant as the original Max Bialystock; over-the-top at times and terrifically understated at others. Gene Wilder certainly is the best Leo Bloom in my opinion, better than any on the stage or Matthew Broderick on the screen. This film is, simply put, hilarious and brilliant.
John C. gave it a6:
The blonde chick rules.
Roger B. gave it a 10:
It is the best movie ever made. Zero Mostel is at his best.
Bartow R. gave it a 9:
Not quite Mel's best (that would be Blazing Saddles.) The musical though is absolutely his best work.
Dan C. gave it a 10:
Brooks' second best film! It is so funny! Springtime for Hitler is a classic! Dick Shawn nearly steals the show as L.S.D. Wilder gives a career best performance.
Pat C. gave it a 4:
The critics collectively are buffoons on this one. There is no comparison between this simplistic fare and a responsibly-made movie.
Yoon Min C. gave it a 7:
A crazy idea of a movie directed without the requisite eccentricity to really pay off. While the actors tumble about in inspired lunacy Brook's direction is only customary and mechanical. But, with Mostel, Wilder, and other players unleashing an orgy of absurdity, perhaps the director's role is irrelevant except in a supervisory capacity.
