This is positively one of the best campy comedies ever made. It’s full of purposefully awkward acting even by some of the best actors of the time. There are many very odd moments of actions or dialogue where the characters sort of know that they’re in a movie. Comedy fills this film in different forms, and proves to be very hilarious.
Some movies really do have bad acting from those who play in them, however this is an exception. The acting performances in it aren’t necessarily bad, but they are in a way awkward. The cast features a great deal of incredible actors of that time, including Jack Nicholson, Michael J. Fox, Martin Short, and Glenn Close. Their performances are more than entertaining, and they demonstrate that they are flexible with their abilities in cinema.
It is also full of scenes that are odd in a funny way. They have things like when an actor or actress says something that’s sort of to an audience that isn’t there, or makes a comment only for the purpose of making a bad joke. This is abundant in scenes when the aliens are trying to figure out the human’s technology, and they break the machine or something of the sort.
The comedy in this movie is one of a kind, and is arguably the most entertaining of that decade. It’s very campy style comedy, and in a way is surprising its makers were able to get such famous actors for it, however it works out in the end because of the amazing abilities of those actors. With any other cast this film probably would have been a flop, but instead it is one of the funniest movies of the time. There is a chance taken when trying to make campy comedies and it just works with this one.
My overall rating: 3.5 out of 5
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