Two con-men (Steve Martin and Michael Caine) working the French Riviera find themselves competing with each other and so agree to a wager: the first to swindle $50,000 from an heiress will win the right to stay; the other must leave and never come back.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels isn't a relentless, shoot snot out of your nose laughing, bladder weakening kind of movie—although there are at least two scenes that might well have that effect: for the most part, it's a very gentle, family friendly comedy (no vulgar poo or sex jokes here) with excellent performances from Martin and Caine, working from a witty and clever script that keeps things trundling along nicely until the satisfying twist ending.
Some might find Martin assuming the guise of the mentally disabled Ruprecht and a physically disabled war veteran uncomfortably un-PC, but it's in perfect keeping with his morally bankrupt character. It's also incredibly funny, these scenes being the highlights of the movie, Martin getting the biggest laughs as he acts the fool and gets his supposedly numb legs whipped by the malicious Caine.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels isn't a relentless, shoot snot out of your nose laughing, bladder weakening kind of movie—although there are at least two scenes that might well have that effect: for the most part, it's a very gentle, family friendly comedy (no vulgar poo or sex jokes here) with excellent performances from Martin and Caine, working from a witty and clever script that keeps things trundling along nicely until the satisfying twist ending.
Some might find Martin assuming the guise of the mentally disabled Ruprecht and a physically disabled war veteran uncomfortably un-PC, but it's in perfect keeping with his morally bankrupt character. It's also incredibly funny, these scenes being the highlights of the movie, Martin getting the biggest laughs as he acts the fool and gets his supposedly numb legs whipped by the malicious Caine.