What a brilliant film. I love The Producers, I think it's one of a very few decent remakes that has occured in the past few years.
Essentially the plot follows Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom who want to put on the biggest Broadway flop in history in hope of scamming lots of investors out of their money. They find a play called Springtime for Hitler written by basically a mad German who still believes in the whole third Reich shizzle. They get the worst director in town to put it on and think they will easily get their fortune. Unluckily for them the play is a failure and they are both arrested. It's full of funny jokes and very catchy songs and it's a film I could watch again and again.
It's extremely well cast, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick make a great duo as Max and Leo with dialogue bouncing off each other and both of them taking the score in their stride, a surprise for me. Will Ferrel as the mad German is absolutely brilliant and slightly scary at times. Uma Thurman also takes a role as the token female, not exactly needed but she does very well in the part.
This is a very short review compared to my others but when it comes to talking about this films you really need to watch it to see exactly what I mean. A laugh out loud musical.
The Producers on Amazon (it's only £5 and definitely worth it!)
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