A Fine Mess (1986)
- Directed by
- Blake Edwards
- Genre
- action film, slapstick, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two friends get mixed up in a criminal scheme and spend the movie running away from various pursuers. It is a slapstick chase comedy full of physical humor and misunderstandings.
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What happens
A Fine Mess is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Ted Danson and Howie Mandel. The film was intended as a remake of Laurel & Hardy's classic short The Music Box and was to be semi-improvised in the same style as the director's earlier comedy The Party, but studio interference, poor previews and subsequent re-editing resulted in the film becoming a fully scripted chase comedy with very few of the original ideas for the film remaining intact. Writer/director Blake Edwards actually gave television interviews telling audiences to avoid the film. It received overwhelmingly negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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