Word: witlessness
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Sometimes a leader's pastimes imitate the way he governs. In his great biography of Stalin, Adam Ulam surmises that Stalin's sadism and recreation were allied. Stalin reveled in all-male, all-night banquets populated by middle-aged cronies drinking themselves witless and engaging in practical jokes. Among Stalin's favorites were placing a tomato on a chair about to be sat in and pushing friends into ponds. One can only imagine the hilarity and camaraderie at such occasions. One can also imagine the recognition on the faces of Stalin's former drinking buddies when...
...DeLuise again, less lucky than he is in The Secret of NIMH). His part is so badly written that he never develops either menace or humor. The rest of the movie talks dirty in a witless way, yet always looks cute and sanitized. In its roundheeled way it wants to please everyone...
...film became mushy misanthropy one cannot tell. It can certainly be said that Popeye will bore children and offend adults who fondly remember the original. It is a travesty to hear Williams warble the classic "I yam what I yam" line in one of Harry Nilsson's many witless songs. "I'm not the man I was" would be a more appropriate lyric. Or maybe, "What have they done...
...knuckle express. Scott does straightaways at 110 m.p.h. and rarely corners at less than 65 m.p.h. The car seems to be flying out of control. Passengers are jerked around hard as Scott throws the Chevy into bootleg and J turns. Tires scream. Heads (and stomachs) spin. Everyone is scared witless. "This is hardball out here," shouts Scott in the understatement of the week, "but you'll be doing it in a few days." No way, each student groans to himself. But only 10% fail the course...
...than someone else's mid-life crisis? The answer, sadly, is yes. It is a movie about that familiar anguish made without a trace of humor, intelligence, originality or perspective. To put the matter more sim ply, Middle Age Crazy more than lives up to its blunt and witless title...