Review of A Fine Mess (1986) by Pat Graham for Chicago Reader — 10 Feb 2016
Nothing quite works as it should: the rhythms are subtly off, the pace is forced, the comedy overextended . . . and the surfeit of hommages—to the Keystone Kops and Laurel and Hardy and Jerry Lewis and all and sundry—threatens to sink it before it gets out of the starting gate.
But there's something to be said for Edwards's insatiable overreaching, and at times the orchestration of pratfalls and comic pairings could hardly be more deft.
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This review of A Fine Mess (1986) was written by Pat Graham and published by Chicago Reader on 10 Feb 2016.
A Fine Mess has generally received negative reviews.
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