One hour and a half of Steve Martin playing a cliché unintelligent person with a cliché goofy voice the entire film. Out of nowhere and completely out of character he invents an eye glasses thing and becomes ultra-wealthy where he can leave his going nowhere gas station attendant job.
He moves to Beverly Hills and falls for all the trappings of wealth. His character has no likeable traits. He's bad with money, which is annoying to watch because you can see where the story is going the entire time... and he continually drinks and has no understanding of the world or its culture.
The viewer is supposed to find all of these qualities ironically hilarious, you see, we're in on the joke: Steve Martin playing the character isn't actually stupid, he's just acting like it. A comic genius at work!
A not funny one-dimensional character developed on the back of a paper napkin. In my estimation the film has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It's not even funny for what it is. Even Police Academy was better-better music and characters.
He moves to Beverly Hills and falls for all the trappings of wealth. His character has no likeable traits. He's bad with money, which is annoying to watch because you can see where the story is going the entire time... and he continually drinks and has no understanding of the world or its culture.
The viewer is supposed to find all of these qualities ironically hilarious, you see, we're in on the joke: Steve Martin playing the character isn't actually stupid, he's just acting like it. A comic genius at work!
A not funny one-dimensional character developed on the back of a paper napkin. In my estimation the film has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It's not even funny for what it is. Even Police Academy was better-better music and characters.