Howie Mandel, Jennifer Edwards, Keye Luke

That famous comedy team of Howie Mandel and Ted Danson stink up the joint in this bizarre attempt by Blake Edwards at re-creating the slapstick world of Laurel and Hardy. Initially envisioned as a par...( read more  read more... )tial remake of Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box, this degenerates into a witless plot involving racehorse fixing and a gangster's unfaithful wife. The cast, which includes Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Mulligan, and Stuart Margolin, looks embarrassed at the helter-skelter attempts at slapstick, which barely rises to the level of schtick. Danson and Mandel both had hit TV shows at the time (Cheers and St. Elsewhere, respectively), but this movie misfire did nothing to ignite their cinematic careers. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 90 min.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Release Date: August 8, 1986

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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005

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  • March 13, 2009
    Another 80's movie I thought was great when I was 12. The hormones were really flowing back then and Maria Conchita Alonso was hot. I have just put this on Netflix. Lets see how 22 years have affected my feelings for this thing.
  • June 19, 2009
    it tells ya in the title
  • December 8, 2008
    what a stank turd - this movie more than earns its title. i can't believe i've always wanted to see this since i was a teenager. Maybe i was under the impression it would be really funny!?!? I should have known better when i pulled the tape from my vcr (yes vcr: i bought the...( read more) tape in Toronto for 89 cents in a bin) and the vcr immediately smelled like shit. what a waste of 95 minutes of my life. the best thing about A FINE MESS is i swear Ted Danson wears a sweater in this movie that he ALSO wore on a episode or two of CHEERS.
  • November 23, 2008
    I haven't seen it since I was little I love it.
  • October 1, 2008
    I'VE RED THE BOOK ( i didnt know there was a movie version )
    the book was alright so im just rating it by that. ( im not really sure the movie might be good! )
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • October 17, 2007
    Howie Mandel and Ted Danson stink up the joint
  • July 31, 2007
    i like to see howie mandel be howie mandel
  • July 29, 2007
    Edwards didn't have a very good story, let alone without good actors!
  • June 30, 2007
    this is a really funny movie !

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