The Impostors

I'm so dismayed that nobody has ever seen this movie. It's pretty much the quintessential farce. Outrageous physical comedy, incredibly stupid dialogue (intended to be stupid, that is), and totally ridiculous characters. I don't know about most people, but to me,... Full review

This is a top-notch comedy at the most audacious level. I once heard someone say that door-slamming farcical comedy never works on film; and I think this is one of the movies that proves them wrong. It reminded me of the... Full review

I rented this knowing nothing about it (not much of this kind of thing makes it to Kentucky). I just really like Oliver Platt. So I rented it one night in college, having nothing better to do... And I loved it.... Full review

A very amusing film. It has elements of the Marx bros, Laurel and Hardy, Grand Hotel and Some Like It Hot. Really an homage to the screwball comedy films of the 30's that were chock full of great character actors. The... Full review

I'm afraid to say too much about director/writer/co-star Stanley Tucci's follow-up to BIG NIGHT because I don't want to spoil any of its sublimely insane surprises! This rollicking screwball comedy follows two dedicated but starving actor pals (Tucci and Oliver Platt)... Full review

I loved this movie, yet I can see why others hated it. This is not the comic food we have grown up on. It is a different cuisine that tastes strange at first, but if given a chance, rewards with fresh,... Full review

Rented THE IMPOSTORS for the first time on Friday and by the end of the weekend had watched it 4 times - and yes, I do have a life. Blithe is the only word I can use to describe the experience... Full review

THE IMPOSTORS (1998) *** Starring: Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Lili Taylor, Steve Buscemi, Campbell Scott, Isabella Rossellini, Billy Connolly, and Hope Davis Written and directed by: Stanley Tucci Running Time: 102 minutes Rated R (for some language and sex-related material) By... Full review

My God! That line alone was enough to make me soil my pants. One of the best farces I have ever seen with characters to make one's imagination drool. I want to keep Stanley Tucci's brain in a jar and show... Full review

The Impostors is an endlessly entertaining film --....The Impostors is an outrageous farce, a slapstick comedy for people who like to think while they laugh.....After the widely praised Big Night (1996), Stanley Tucci is back with an equally impressive effort called The Impostors, a charming film....He's a sorely underrated actor....so it is nice to see him in a substantial role that lets him showcase his considerable talents..... ... Full Review

The Impostors is an imperfect film Any movie that wears its heart so disingenuously on its sleeve is impossible to dislike. Instead, they end up with theater tickets to see the horribly hammy star Jeremy Burtom (Alfred Molina). ... Full Review

G S The Impostors is certainly one of the most odd films of the year, but it's also one of the most enjoyable. Another redemption factor in The Impostors is the glorious ensemble of supporting actors and their characters. ... Full Review

From a critical point of view, there is a lot wrong with this picture.....Another redemption factor in The Impostors is the glorious ensemble of supporting actors and their characters.....The Impostors is certainly one of the most odd films of the year.... ... Full Review

he does to grand effect in The Impostors .....Drinking in a bar after the performance, Maurice loudly denounces Burtom's performance and professionalism;....if he's so bold as to rip off the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy....After the sheer enjoyment Tucci has given me in his two films, I will follow him blindly in any direction he cares to go....And that may be his greatest achievement of all..... ... Full Review

Chugging cheerfully along somewhere between Mel Brooks and early Woody Allen, The Impostors is a very funny old-school comedy. It's tempting to peg the film, which Stanley Tucci wrote, directed, and stars in, as a Dumb and Dumber for the... ... Full Article

Joseph Mitchell encountered Joe Gould, an eccentric, erudite tramp, drunk and rogue, in the 1940s, and later wrote about him in two beguiling, time-separated investigative essays for the New Yorker . ... Full Article

The Impostors is certainly one of the most odd films of the year, but it's also one of the most enjoyable. It is inconceivable why any studio would want to produce and market this film, as it is too unusual... ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight Next time someone tells you that they don't make movies like they used to, point them in the direction of Stanley Tucci's The Impostors , a tribute to the Hollywood comedies of the '30s, '40s, and... ... Full Article