TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

bkoganbing In Smorgasbord Jerry Lewis returns to the comedian that was top box office in the late Fifties and early Sixties, those days when he was guaranteed money in the bank for Paramount Pictures. With some old faces and new in it, Smorgasbord gives a bit of the Lewis of old in a series of comedy vignettes. It's all hung together by the plot premise of Jerry the klutz visiting psychiatrist Herb Edelman to find a cure for the disastrous life he's been leading up to that point. After that we get a series of skits, some admittedly better than others involving Jerry who seems to have had the wrong name, it should have been Jonah.An old face in drag has Milton Berle sounding sexy with Ruta Lee's voice, but looking like Milton. Long time Lewis friend Sammy Davis Jr. appears as himself and regrets entrusting Lewis with his car.My favorite two are a pair of female comedians Zane Buzby who has a nasal Brooklyn accent and a voice you would kill her for playing a waitress and Donna Ponterotto playing a stewardess in a hilarious skit about Lewis taking a trip on a budget airline to London. In that same skit is Foster Brooks as a drunken airline pilot. This was around the time Freddy Laker was offering budget trips on a short lived airline of his own. Sad that Jerry's box office days had passed. Smorgasbord could easily have fitted neatly in with The Patsy and Cinderfella in those days.

fergusdog The low rating of the movie may be misleading, the demographic show that this is a love it or hate it movie. 10 got the most votes, but lots of other votes from 1 to 9. The average is actually 6, only the weighted average pulls it down to 4. If you like slapstick comedies, I can only suggest you run see this movie. I'd rate it as one of the most funniest I've ever seen. The movie certainly lacks any sort of plot and is very chaotic. Its more a collection of Jerry Lewis thrown from one funny scene, into the other. To give an example: In one scene he tries to commit suicide by driving off a hill out in the middle of nowhere. The car gets stuck right at the edge and won't budge. So Jerry gets out, opens the trunk, and pours petrol all over him. Then he frantically looks for matches, only to realise he doesn't have any. If you can picture Jerry's face and body language throughout the whole seen and find that funny, you should really see this movie. I won't describe anymore scenes, as with every slapstick comedy, once you know the gag it's not as funny anymore. However, if you need a good plot and can't laugh out loud at slapstick comedies, you should maybe pass on that one. Or get yourself a better sense of humour...

haggi5115 I have seen many funny movies come and go, but I have yet to see a movie as funny as this one! My brother and I saw this movie on cable, back in 1983 when i was 13 years old, and we were literally on the floor "cracking up"!! It really lives up to its title!! Jerry Lewis was at his very best! Thumbs wayyyyy up!!

Pumpkin-22 This is a sloppy mess of a comedy, with barely a plot to speak of, yet it contains some of the funniest bits Mr. Lewis has ever committed to film. It's one helluva lot better than the previous movie, "Hardly Working" which got a big theatrical release. It is the "Test Market Audience Mentality" that kept this excellent movie from getting a big-screen release in the U.S. "Cracking Up" keeps moving--if one gag fails, don't worry because there will be another, funnier one right on top of it. This overlooked gem has no less a fan than Martin Scorsese, who particularly loved the waxy floor opening credits sequence.