It took me years to find this on DVD. Being an avid fan of Wilder and loving Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear no Evil and Silver Streak, I thought that I would at least enjoy this film. And I can't say I didn't but its paper thin. Pryor is showing very very advanced signs of his illness, and Wilder seems to be phoning it in as well. That doesn't help the fact that neither had to do with the writing process and both the writer and director are bottom of the barrell comedy wise. Thats not to say its terrible, cause its not. Its just a very safe film that if Pryor and Wilder were at the top of their games, probably could have still made it a classic. It takes a while to get going, and looses steam in the middle, but theres a brief half hour of some truly funny stuff.

C

Though if your a fan of the Wilder/Pryor pairings, its still fun to watch them get some laughs. Wilder saying "I'll cut your fucking balls off" in classic Wilder deadpan followed by screaming is pretty dam hard not to laugh at.