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07/26/02
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:14
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Based on the Broadway musical comedy, this farce set in Ancient Rome follows slave and scam-artist Pseudolus (Zero Mostel in a signature role) as he attempts to win his freedom by brokering the... [More]
Starring: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton
Director: Richard Lester
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Reviews for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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This is freakin' hilarious!
04/10/04
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05/24/03
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11/14/05
A funny thing happened on the way to Hollywood: A good musical-comedy lost much of its fizz.
01/01/00
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09/08/05
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01/01/00
A great mixture of slapstick, farce and music. Zero Mostel is a treat as is the underappreciated Jack Gilford.
10/04/02
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03/11/03
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08/22/03
Perhaps the first modern film musical -- breaking with and even making sport of the theatrical artifice that had been bogging down the genre for nearly a decade.
08/21/02
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01/30/03
The Empire strikes back in loutish, fun musical comedy.
11/07/02
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05/09/05
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03/22/04
The middling low-brow slapstick comedy overdoses on the brassy Zero Mostel hamming it up.
02/05/09
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01/26/06
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10/20/08
Top CriticHilarious, stagey version of hit Broadway musical comedy.
06/29/05
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