The beginning of Steve Martin's non-funny comedies. Ephron should know better as well.
Mixed Nuts (1994)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:2
Rotten:26
Average Rating:2.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: It's Christmas Eve at Lifelines, a Venice Beach suicide hotline. Philip (Steve Martin), the manager, has just been informed by the landlord that the they are being evicted and suddenly business... It's Christmas Eve at Lifelines, a Venice Beach suicide hotline. Philip (Steve Martin), the manager, has just been informed by the landlord that the they are being evicted and suddenly business around the office seems as crazy as the callers who are clogging the lines! Over one night, the offbeat characters around the office and in the neighborhood--from timid Catherine (Rita Wilson), to rapping Mrs. Munchnik (Madeline Kahn), to pregnant Grace (Juliette Lewis), to cross-dressing Chris (Liev Schrieber)--will all learn that Christmas can be a happy time regardless of your mental state. Director Nora Ephron (SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE) co-scripted this quirky holiday comedy with sister Delia. [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia
Starring: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Rita Wilson, Parker Posey
Director: Nora Ephron
Director: Nora Ephron
Reviews for Mixed Nuts
Martin's comedic talents show no signs of life in this truly abysmal adaptation of a superior French farce...
Ephron's timing and sensitivity have deserted her, leaving behind only the sentimentality.
Director/co-scripter Nora Ephron pitches the humor at a cacophonous level and displays the comedic equivalent of two left feet in evolving an absurdist, slapstick yarn.
A relentlessly hectic, poorly structured farce that falls embarrassingly flat.
Quirky, enjoyable comedy with an unknown Parker Posey on roller skates and Adam Sandler being charming in a real minor part.
Terrible comedy with a few amusing moments. Not dark enough on one end, not silly enough on the other.
A title song incorporating the names of nut varieties is only one of the film's desperate ploys.
Steve Martin can be good, and also very, very bad. This is an example of the latter.
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