Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos

Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit f...( read more  read more... )or an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.

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Directed by: Stuart Gordon

Release Date: January 23, 1998

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  • January 20, 2008
    Great!
  • May 27, 2008
    Best line: "I don't want your wallet. I want your skeleton."

    Hilarious show.
  • March 25, 2008
    Just when I thought they couldn't get any lower...

    Anybody up for adding this one to the Stupidity Parade?
  • January 3, 2008
    Sounds like a stupid movie...
  • December 3, 2007
    What the...? How the heck did I not know about this movie until just now? A film directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), starring Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica), from a screenplay by Ray Bradbury? It sounds like it was made with me in mind!

    It's a cute story. Five f...( read more)ashion-saavy but astonishingly poor Latinos pool their money to buy a beautiful white suit, which they take turns wearing in hopes of increasing their status in the neighborhood. As expected, much hilarity ensues.

    The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit is agreeably goofy, slapsticky, family-friendly comedy that kept me smiling all the while (the climactic slow-motion sequence alone is worth the rental), with some stylish (but G-rated) visual flair by Stuart Gordon. This thing's about as substantial as cotton candy, but I found it a fine change of pace from my usual diet of sci-fi, horror, and silent films.
  • June 19, 2007
    Corny, especially Joe Mantegna acting Hispanic. But, overall, the underlying premise makes it worth the time.

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