Oz was no doubt hired to handle the plant monster puppet, but his brisk, lightweight direction spreads satisfyingly across the entire movie.
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07/04/08
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:40
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Based on the Roger Corman cult classic, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS slams together twisted humor, a singing plant, a sadistic dentist, and sweet and oblivious love between two skid-row denizens into a... [More]
Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia
Director: Frank Oz
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Reviews for Little Shop of Horrors
This wild and witty musical is great fun.
06/24/06
One of the most memorable viewing experiences of the previous decade.
01/01/00
Screen writer and lyricist Howard Ashman has mastered the essence of '80s humor, recycling the old with a hip knowingness, all with a morbid, outrageous edge.
01/01/00
Top CriticHas aged about as well as any film about a singing house plant with an appetite for flesh could.
03/10/03
I have seen a lot of musicals (probably more than most people under the age of 50), and few are as lively and fun as Little Shop of Horrors.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe offbeat nature of the story, the wayward characters and the forgettable musical numbers make the film unappealing in every way.
08/25/04
You can try not liking this adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical hit -- it has no polish and a pushy way with a gag -- but the movie sneaks up on you, about as subtly as Audrey II.
08/25/08
Top CriticThe movie doesn't labor its jokes or insist on its virtuoso special effects, but devotes its energies to seeming unforced and delightful.
01/01/00
Top CriticAs a whole, the story is uninteresting, most of the characters contrived, and the vast majority of the 94 minutes is almost instantly forgettable, especially the man-eating plant from outer space.
08/04/09
The film represents a rare example where Hollywood has applied itself rigorously to material that might somehow seem beneath it with wholly satisfying results.
08/02/02
[H]ilariously pathetic for the extremely minor aspirations of its down-on-their-luck characters...
10/31/03
With its toe-tapping cadences, its class cast and its king-sized cabbage, it's destined to become a classic of camp comedy.
01/01/00
Top CriticA full-blown movie musical, and quite a winning one.
05/20/03
Top CriticHorror-spoof musical is goofy fun.
11/07/02
A fractured, funny production transported rather reluctantly from the stage to the screen.
08/25/08
Top Critica classic black comedy musical
03/08/08
For all its expensive excess, fails to recapture the spirit of the original.
08/25/08
One and a half hours of freaky, scary nonsense set to a killer doo-wop soundtrack.
08/25/08
Delicious black fun.
06/05/02
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