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"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)"

Spencer Tracy (Actor), Milton Berle (Actor), Stanley Kramer (Director) | Rated: G (General Audience) | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (129 customer reviews)

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Stanley Kramer's sprawling 1963 comedy about a search for buried treasure by at least a dozen people--all played by well-known entertainers of their day--is the kind of mass comedy that Hollywood hasn't made in many years. (Another example from around the same time is Blake Edwards's The Great Race.) After a number of strangers (including Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers, and others) witness a dying stranger (Jimmy Durante) identify the location of hidden money, a conflict-ridden hunt begins, watched over carefully by a suspicious cop (Spencer Tracy). The ensuing two and a half hours of mayhem has its ups and downs--some bits and performers are certainly funnier than others. But Kramer, who is better known for socially conscious, serious cinema (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?), is in a mood for broad comic characterization, and some of his jokes are so intentionally obvious (Durante literally kicks a bucket when he dies), they'd have a place in Airplane! Watch for lots of cameo appearances, including Jerry Lewis (who had called Kramer and asked him why he hadn't been invited to participate). --Tom Keogh

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Unrivaled Comedy To This Day, Oct 3 2003
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Dennis C. Hendrixson "Friction Man" (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)" (DVD)
I have seen just about every comedy ever released since 1955. In my opinion; "IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD" is an unrivaled classic to this day. It is this ICON by which all other comedy should be measured. This is an absolute gut buster that anyone of any age will find hillarious and enjoy.

It's a great movie to show at a party or any get together.

If you're suffering from depression, just watch this and you will no longer need Prozac!

I now have it in VHS and DVD. I have to watch it at least once every three months just to keep my sanity.

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1.0 out of 5 stars zero stars... one of the worst films ever made, Aug 24 2003
This review is from: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)" (DVD)
There is only one reason to watch "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (IMMMMW) and that's Phil Silvers (Otto). His character is the only one that isn't a complete and total stereotype and who doesn't submit to idiotic sight-gags and slapstick humor (elements of comedy better exhibited in other films). The only time I laughed at this "greatest comedy ever filmed" was the scene with Silvers and Don Knotts during which Silvers convinces Knotts to abandon his car. Silvers has character and delivery and is fun to watch throughout the movie but he only accounts for ten minutes or so of the 160 minutes in total.

The rest of this film is so bad it may well be the worst comedy ever made and I can show you why with one ten-second scene.

Like many old film and TV stars, The Three Stooges make a cameo in IMMMMW. Theirs occurred during a scene where there is an impending plane crash. The camera pans across the three (Moe, Larry and Joe) holding firefighting equipment.... and that's it. No dialogue. No purpose, really. Jump cut to Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett trying to land the plane.

See what this movie is all about? It's about waiting to see who makes the next pointless cameo appearance ("Ooooh, there's Jerry Lewis [Credit: Man who runs over hat]!" "Oooooh! There's Jack Benny![Credit: Man in car in desert]"). I guess this passed for entertainment back in the day but to me it seems embarassingly pathetic. I know people, really funny people, who hold this movie in the highest esteem but count me among those who just don't get it.

It's not for lack of comedic talent that this movie stinks out loud. There are actors in this movie who are comedic geniuses elsewhere: Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, etc.... All of these actors made me laugh out loud but their participation in IMMMMW seems driven by pride: everyone who is everyone in comedy wanted to be in this picture... if they were left out I guess they felt snubbed.

But who or what Dick Shawn is to this film, I'll never know. All that guy did was creep me out.

Don't kill director Stanley Kramer's other work for this debacle. He did do 'Inherit the Wind' and 'Judgement at Nuremburg', both good films apparently. I just guess he could never do comedy.

Steer clear. 98% garbage.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Original "Rat Race"!, Aug 8 2003
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smoothjazzandmore (Ogdensburg, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)" (DVD)
Stanley Krammer brought almost a 1,000 actors for what would be the funniest movie I ever witnessed as a kid. I remember watching this film on television and I laughed so hard that it hurt my sides for days. It would be impossible to name all the actors that made this film a laugh riot, but kudos to Ethel Merman as the mediling mother-in-law to Milton Berle (Uncle Milty). Get ready to laugh you tail off!
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