Writers: Rodney Dangerfield, Harry Basil
Composer: Robert Carli
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Andrew Dice Clay, John Byner, Molly Shannon, Jerry Stiller, John Pinette, Rob deLeeuw, Fred Keating
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Never has one man had to do so much with so little.
Plot: Monte Peterson, a rich real-estate developer, is going through his third divorce. His friend Ray has found a good site for a ski resort in Utah, and Monte comes to bid on the land, competing with local banker Preston Gates. Monte knew that, in order to take possession of the land, he would have to convert to the local religion, a sort of cross between Mormonism and Amish (no smoking, no drinking, bigamy and simple living/dressing encouraged). What he didn't know was that the deed to the land also included the three wives of the deceased former owner. He also buys another plot, and the two wives that come with it, in part because they are much better cooks. Gates, meanwhile, wants the land to build an Indian casino, and is mixed up with some mobsters. There's a trip to Las Vegas, a female-empowerment seminar, a jailbreak, and other complications too absurd to mention.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? Probably not.
I think if you're a fan of Dangerfield then you're likely to watch this regardless of how bad it looks and it's because of him that this is at least worth a look. He's great as always. Some of the jokes write themselves but when it's Rodney delivering them I'm going to laugh every time. That man was comedy gold. It doesn't hurt that you've got a great cast that includes Clay, Byner, Shannon, Stiller and Pinette. They're all worth a lot of laughs. It's a silly story and the comedy is cheap but then it's Rodney and he'll get a pass for doing dumbass movies every time. Having said all of that, who's idea was it to turn this into 100 minutes?
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