Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions (1985)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (37,438 ratings)

The seventh cinema adaptation of the venerable stage farce Brewster's Millions stars Richard Pryor as Montgomery Brewster, a third-rate baseball player. Much to his amazement, Brewster discovers that he is related to deceased millionaire Rupert Horn (Hume Cronyn, who appears only in a videotaped… More

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PG, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By
Walter Hill
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
May 22, 1985 Wide
On DVD
May 12, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media

    Tamed Pryor in '80s comedy with some salty language.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Lame recycled flick that wants to be "Arthur" and "Trading Places" but isn't.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    One version too many of the classic comedy.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    Hardly the finest version of this old yarn

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    A film of unrealized potential.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    Brewster's Millions, present a intelligent plot, that could have a better screenplay, and a comic cast with Richard Pryor, John Candy, Hume Cronyn, Archie Hahn and Rick Moranis. But the film become desappointing, showing a not so exciting script and a weak direction by Hill.… More

  • AJ V


    This is actually a remake of an older movie, but Pryor is such a great comedy actor, it's really his movie, and it's very entertaining.

  • Lady D


    A great concept for a Comedy and an enjoyable rewatch of the 80?s classic. Thought provokingly comical.

  • Anthony L


    I love this film, it?s a classic 80's comedy!

  • Mike S


    Good 80's fun! It's quite sad though that John Candy and Richard Pryor are no longer with us these days, because they sure brought a lot of splendor to the comedy world in their time, which this movie is a fairly good example of (even if it's pretty average on the… More

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