tsmith-65016 Yeah, I said silly! Look, is it a masterpiece? No. But it's funny! The humor is dumb and predictable but utterly delightful. It's a comedy of errors with a surprisingly star studded cast. If you need a break from life and a good laugh, sometimes Sly Stallone as a mobster is the remedy!

TownRootGuy I say that if you like comedies, this is a MUST see movie. This is, no contest, Sly's best movie. This is one of the all-time best movies. I've been watching his shows since the first Rocky came out and I love his ass kicking flicks but this is better. This has some of the best beauties caught on film, great music, an outstanding cast, AND you will laugh yourself legit. You know, until some bankers scare you crooked again. Obviously, I find this to be watchable yearly.

Steven Torrey "She has excellent diphthongs." "Yeah, that's what got her into trouble in the first place!" (To roughly paraphrase.) If you like that kind of comedy, you will love this film.The guy on stage falling over the chair, is always a hoot no matter how many times you see it or have seen it, or anticipate the fall happening. Black bag switcheroo that may contain $50,000 worth of Jewels, or $50,000 cash, or $10 worth of laundry is just a hoot, never mind the obvious factor that each bag would be noticeable by weight. Reality you should want to never interfere with comedy! Somehow, Mob Accountant--Anthony Rossano/Vincent Spano-- stealing $1000,000 from his mob boss (Anthony Provolone/Sylvester Stallone--pronounced Provolon, and incorrectly pronounced by speech coach Dr. Pool/Tim Curry--as the Italian {Provolonay}) and wanting to marry the Mob Bosses daughter, Lisa Provolone/Marissa Tomei, who falsely bruits it about that she is pregnant by said accountant... Well as it is said--What can possibly go wrong? Don Ameche and Kirk Douglas, stalwarts from another film era play important roles.Not only are bags mistaken, so are chickens mistaken for guns--don't ask. Innocuous Italian tailors mistaken as ruthless hit men who boast of the excellent work and highly praised work of mob boss Brazini (?)but actually praising the suit they made and was wearing when he was knifed in the back while dining in a restaurant, with photo from newspaper for proof. And somehow another Provolone daughter, Theresa/Elizabeth Barondes, shows up saying falsely that she is Provolone's daughter cause that was the first name she could think of not realizing he was a mobster, but in reality, Provolone and a long lost maid once joined in conjugal bliss and lo and behold... Well see the movie to learn who is actually marrying whom...Comedy works because nobody stops to inject a dose of reality. Those bags would weigh differently, and it would be noticeable. The Italian mob henchman wearing spats? Italians as cliché mobsters right out of "The Untouchable" (Vendetti ?)TV series of the late fifties. How many weapons can a mobster carry hidden in his suit coat? But the trick is to do all of this shtick with a straight face. And the actors pull off a brilliant piece of comedy straight faced, along with impeccable timing. I saw this charming and hilarious movie when it came out in 1991, and it still is excellent and worth watching. And now available on YouTube.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in order, I come to 1991's Oscar.Plot In A Paragraph: Angelo "Snaps" (Stallone) Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed, that he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Snaps sets about to keep his promise, and become a banker.Rival muscle man Arnold Schwarzenegger had scored big with two comedies in 'Twins' and 'Kindergarden Cop' so Sly hoped for similar results when he tried his hand at comedy. Oscar would have been a great stage play, but it just doesn't work on film and more damagingly its not very funny. A lot of the jokes are from the 30's and are poorly delivered and just not funny.Whilst not as bad as some would have you believe, and you have to give him credit for trying something different. The movie does have a certain charm to it, mostly thanks to Stallones performance. Most of the supporting cast are very poor, so despite an energetic (if over the top) performance from Sly. Oscar never raises itself above anything other than "ok" or "alright"