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Sad really, that (adjusted for inflation) this one turned out to be one of Eastwood's most successful films of all time.
A (mostly) brain-dead "comedy" about UNfunny, stupid men drinking, acting crude, and using their fists to get through life.....
If that weren't bad enough, this film falls into the trap of actually believing that having a monkey (okay......an orangutan) doing "funny" things somehow added something positive to the story !! WHY do people think having monkeys (or apes, or orangutans, etc., etc.) in films (or on TV) is ADORABLE ?? It's NOT !!
The only "good" thing this film now has going for it, is the nostalgia factor of getting to see some of the 'sights' from the various location shots from back in the late 70's !
Thankfully, Clint would eventually realize that he had SO much more to give humanity, once he started routinely directing his own films.....
As Siskel and Ebert were once so fond of saying, THUMBS DOWN !!
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Sad really, that (adjusted for inflation) this one turned out to be one of Eastwood's most successful films of all time.
A (mostly) brain-dead "comedy" about UNfunny, stupid men drinking, acting crude, and using their fists to get through life.....
If that weren't bad enough, this film falls into the trap of actually believing that having a monkey (okay......an orangutan) doing "funny" things somehow added something positive to the story !! WHY do people think having monkeys (or apes, or orangutans, etc., etc.) in films (or on TV) is ADORABLE ?? It's NOT !!
The only "good" thing this film now has going for it, is the nostalgia factor of getting to see some of the 'sights' from the various location shots from back in the late 70's !
Thankfully, Clint would eventually realize that he had SO much more to give humanity, once he started routinely directing his own films.....
As Siskel and Ebert were once so fond of saying, THUMBS DOWN !!
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