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Uneven but hilarious when it hits, this spoof of Hitchcock movies is a minor classic in the Mel Brooks canon. Read critic reviews
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Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is greeted by a series of mysterious events. When his colleagues -- including the militaristic and mustachioed Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman) -- become leery of his questions, they accuse him of murder. Thorndyke's own mental health comes into question as he struggles to clear his name in the midst of a crippling bout of a condition known as "high anxiety."
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Mel Brooks
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Producer: Mel Brooks
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Writer: Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: 21st Century Film Corporation [us]
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Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
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Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
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As average a comedy as you can get. The comedy is really hit and miss in this movie, probably misses far more often. But it's never bad by any means and it's, very obviously, a loving spoof of Hitchcock's films. Of course it goes without saying that this movie NEVER reaches the true greatness of Young Frankenstein but it was unrealistic to expect this movie to be as good. It is NOT unrealistic, however, to expect this movie to be good. Sadly it is a disappointingly average movie.
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Dr. Charles Montague: Enjoy yourself, for God's sake! Get your mind off the Wentworth murder... Accident! Accident! "A Psycho-Comedy" High Anxiety is a really stupid, moderately funny Hitchcock spoof. This isn't one of Mel Brooks better films. It doesn't touch his classics like Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, but it is much better than his bottom dweller Dracula: Dead and Loving It. This one works just enough for me because of the subject matter. I am a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan; just like everyone else who is familiar with his work. So a spoof of some of his most legendary films and scenes was, at the very least, going to be interesting. While I think Brooks could have done a much better job with the material, it was still decent enough. The highlights of the film are two scenes that are reenacted from two different Hitchcock films. The first being the shower scene from Psycho and the second being the birds landing behind the woman from The Birds. Both brilliant scenes are taken and used in the most ridiculous context imaginable. Watch the scenes and you'll know what I mean. They definitely aren't smart comedy, but smart comedy was never what Brooks was selling; and that's what makes him such a genius I guess. This should be good enough if you are a fan of Brooks' brand of comedy. It would also help if you are familiar with Hitchcock because if not, a lot of the references and comedy will be lost on you. Still it's a little disappointing just because I wanted a Young Frankenstein caliber film from Brooks when he was working with Hitchcock's films as his material.
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High Anxiety is a wonderful Mel brooks film. It wasn't one of those where you were cracking up the whole time (which people expect from a Mel Brooks movie) but it was one of those that had a lot of witty quotes and one of the best Story lines you've seen in a Brooks film
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Another hilarious spoof comedy from Brooks, this one spoofs Hitchcock's films, and it's very effective. If you like Brook's films, check it out.
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