Robin Hood - Men in Tights [VHS]

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Actor: Dave Chappelle, Dom DeLuise, Joe Dimmick, Mark Blankfield, Megan Cavanagh
Primary Contributor: Cary Elwes
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1995-02-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox

VHS Movie Reviews of Robin Hood - Men in Tights [VHS]

Movie Review: Lots of silly fun!
Summary: 5 Stars

Fun for the whole family, wonderful actors with perfect timing, something for everybody.
Mel Brooks did it again. (And Carey Elwes is easy on the eyes!)

Movie Review: "It takes a real man to wear tights!"
Summary: 4 Stars

This was yet another Mel Brooks comedy spoof that could've been better. For every funny joke or sight gag, there's about 2 or 3 stale ones behind it. Nevertheless, it's still a pretty good spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes--one of those actors Hollywood doesn't know what to do with--makes for a wonderful tongue-in-cheek Robin. Amy Yasbeck is good as the virtuous Miriam. Even Dave Chapelle appears in a pre-success supporting role as Robin's "soul brother" merry man. But the real standouts are the incomparable Tracy Ullman as the witch Latrine, Richard Lewis as the mole-bearing, neurotic Prince John, and Roger Rees as the snotty, overbearing Sheriff. There's terrific in-jokes as Robin pokes fun at past actors who "don't speak with an authentic English accent", and even Brooks himself (as Rabbi Tuckman, his variation on Friar Tuck) sneaks in the nostalgic line "It's Good to Be the King" when King Richard (the one & only Patrick Stewart) shows up at the end. In spite of some real groaners, I can't resist such bits as when Robin urges his fellow countrymen to "lend me their ears"...and they obediently pull off their ears & throw them at him! Or the rowdy "Men In Tights" musical number, a welcome throwback to the "Rock Ridge" song from "Blazing Saddles".
Compared to other lame spoofs of the time---and if you can get past some of the silly, juvenile, and obvious bits of humor---RH:MIT is pretty entertaining stuff!

Movie Review: Just O.K
Summary: 4 Stars

This movie was just, okay. It lacked the goofiness the movies of this era had. While some movies of this time was not well put together, I felt this movie was too well pieced together. I wish Robin Hood (Carey Elwes) had a greater heir of aloofness to him. It felt almost like watching a serious, dramatic piece like The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn, which is not bad, but in my opinion a movie is only as good as what it is supposed to be. I think more of a seperation from seriousness would have given Elwes greater character depth... Ah... Maybe next time.
Still a good movie. I wouldn't toss it for what it's worth. Fun, adventurous, delightful. Great to watch with the kids.

Movie Review: DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

This dvd arrived in a resonable amount of time and in good condition. It's a funny movie.

Movie Review: Best Comedy Ever..... MEL BROOKS GENIUS!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excelent movie, VERY RECOMMENDED. "... - Why should the people follow you? - Because despite other Robin Hoods, I speak with an english accent...".

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Summary of Robin Hood - Men in Tights [VHS]

It's not Blazing Saddles, but there are some chuckles to be found in Mel Brooks's 1993 spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes is Robin (with a lighthearted jab at Kevin Costner's bad English accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), while Richard Lewis plays an angst-ridden King John, and Roger Rees a snotty Sheriff of Nottingham. Comic David Chappelle has some good moments as the only black member of Robins's noble thieves, and Brooks does his own spin on Friar Tuck: Rabbi Tuchman. The song-and-dance sequences featuring a chorus line of the Merry Men ("We're men / men in tights") is vintage Brooks, but otherwise the film can't get any traction. --Tom Keogh

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