Review: Silent Movie

Mel Brooks' Silent Movie may not be my favorite of his movies, but was still a highly enjoyable movie.

The movie follows a washed up director trying to make a modern silent movie. The studio, who is in dire straits trying to keep by getting bought out by a conglomerate (a jab at the current events in Hollywood at the time), agrees on the condition that he can nail some big name talent.

He then goes after Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman in an attempt to get talent for his movie.

While the plot is in many ways incredibly predictable, the slapstick comedy is great fun to watch. With Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman as his two sidekicks, they manage to get in quite a lot of trouble as they go around Hollywood recruiting these actors. One of my favorite things about the movie was you could tell the characters were mouthing obscenities, yet the dialogue cards showed more "family friendly" language.

Really not a whole lot to say about the movie. Character development was thin, the plot was thin, but if you're looking for an enjoyable movie, and you're a fan of Mel Brooks, you'll enjoy this as well.