Word: reiner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what is supposed to be a romantic scene, Navin woos Marie while Peters notices that too much of her cleavage is exposed and nervously adjusts her clothing, glancing up towards where the director, Carl Reiner, probably stood. Call the innovative acting--but it was obviously not in the script...
Directed by Carl Reiner Screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias
...Jerk will not drive away any Steve Martin fans, but neither is it likely to convert many unbelievers. Its humor is successful and unsuccessful by turns, and although Comedian Carl Reiner is the director, the instinct here is to give most of both credit and blame to Martin. The basic idea is clever: Martin is cast as the loving, beloved adopted son of a family of black sharecroppers. He is dumb as cow-flop and hopeless at foot shufflin' and finger snappin', but he tries hard. When he is ready to go out into the big world...
...Spielberg's 1941 is the surprise flop, Carl Reiner's The Jerk, starring Comedian Steve Martin, is the unexpected hit of the season. It cost approximately $10 million, including promotion, and so far has grossed $32 million, with as much success in small towns as in big cities. "People like Steve Martin, and it is a funny film," says Ron Goldman, a co-owner of the Washington, D.C.-based K.B. theater chain, expressing an opinion not shared by most of the critics. He adds: "Thank God the critics aren't quite as important as they used...
...subject is worthwhile, but Brest never comes close to giving it either tragic or comic life. Except for the funny holdup and a brief subsequent Vegas gambling spree, Going in Style has only dull, homely sequences that alternately patronize and sentimentalize the aged. The mordant humor of Carl Reiner's Where's Poppa? and the fiery compassion of Paul Mazursky's Harry and Tonto are nowhere to be found...