In 1930′s Harlem two men are framed for murder, what ensues is a comical look at their lives together in prison over the next sixty years.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVDMartin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy play it surprisingly straight in this film by director Ted Demme. Though there are laughs to be had, this is a story about perseverance in the face of a life of disappointment (yet the film was sold as a prison comedy). But Stir Crazy this isn’t. Rather, Lawrence and Murphy play a couple of New Yorkers making a moonshine run from New York to Mississippi during the Prohibition who find themselves framed for murder and sentenced for life to a prison chain gang. As they age, the two become close friends, although the strait-laced Lawrence always resents the free-wheeling Murphy for getting him into the situation in the first place. Ultimately, these two men learn to find meaning where they can, taking value from friendship and their limited ability to affect the lives of others. At times preachy, it ends on an upbeat note; the film’s biggest laughs are reserved for the final section, in which Lawrence and Murphy don age makeup and play octogenarians. –Marshall Fine
March 5, 2010
#1
After watching this movie, I felt as if my own life was wasted just from watching it. What a piece of garbage. Eddie Murphy is funny, but not always and this movie is the exception. This is by far one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Anyway.. here’s the basic plot:
In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi’s Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They’d served 65 years for a murder they didn’t commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money. Although the plot may sound good.. trust me it’s not.
March 5, 2010
#2
This has got to be the most boring movie I’ve seen in the past couple of years. The people writing good reviews for this movie must be friends of people who made it or have some financial interest in promoting it because it is BORING!
Do not waste your money on this yawner.
March 5, 2010
#3
Please disregard the 1 star I gave – it’s a technicality to proceed with the review. The film is total zero. The cassette’s cover advertised “2 hours of the hysterical laughter.” Who was the reviewer? He should be treated medically for his hysteria.
This film is nothing. It’s beyond good or bad. I’ve watched for more than an hour, said – ” What the hell! ” – and switched it off.
It does not mean I began to continue my work on the new jet engine after that but believe me – no matter what you do instead of watching this you’ll be much better off!
I’ve seen boring films but that is the boredom of the totally new level. Avoid seeng this movie by any means even if they are giving away the new BMW with every ticket bought.
March 5, 2010
#4
Who had the bright idea of putting Eddie “Egomanic” Murphy and Martin “Big Unfunny Momma” Lawrence together in one film. The result of these 2 actors teaming up is box office poison. This film was very heavily billed as a comedy. I will admit it, some parts were trying to be funny, but not trying that hard. The “funny” moments were all shown in the trailer. This movie was a drama, a bad drama, but a drama nonetheless. It showed the hardships of being in this prison camp, but did not try to go out of their way to make it humorous. This film is the kind of lowbrow film that only the uneducated could really sit there and think that they got a fair deal. The rest of the semi-educated population of this fine country will walk away feeling that they got ripped off, not of just their money, but of their time, and some of their intelligence.
March 5, 2010
#5
This movie was a complete waste of time. It was 1hr and 49min but it felt much longer because it shows Eddie and Martin grow old in the prison. I felt that this movie was not funny or entertaining. Sure there were some mild belly laughs but no laugh out loud laughs that allot of people long for. Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence were awful. I think they were desperate for a movie role. This movie was a great dissapointment to me. Take my word for it Life sucks. You will have waste your money on a movie about stupidity.