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Directed by Burt Reynolds Screenplay by Jerry Belson...
Aside from an opening that recalls the old Nichols-May "doctor" routines, the script is flimsy and unfocused. Coming from Jerry Belson (Smile, TV's Dick Van Dyke Show), this is especially depressing. Belson wastes energy on repetitive slapstick bits that show the hero's bungled suicide attempts; The End's second half bogs down describing an unfunny friendship between Sonny and a clownish schizo (a mugging Dom DeLuise) whom he meets at a nuthouse. The film's characters and intentions are blurred and trivialized. What should have been a scabrous black comedy in the manner...
Screenplay by DAVID GILER, JERRY BELSON and MORDECAI RICHLER
Screenplay by JERRY BELSON...
Would that Writer Belson and Director Ritchie had exercised the same discretion, or perhaps developed some genuine sympathy for the exploited young women. They might even have at tempted the more difficult task of probing the psyches of the grown men and women who voluntarily expend time and energy organizing these events and share the illusion that the contests are "a good thing" for their communities...