I went into this with high hopes and completely ignorant of the plot. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the song "The best that you can do (is fall in love)" is the theme for this movie. That, however, is about the only good thing to come from the movie. The main character is a millionaire, alcoholic asshole. It's more of a disgusting commentary on capitalism than material for a comedy. It's impossible to relate to someone that gets everything handed to them and gets escorted all around while being drunk. His driver and butler are carrying him half the time as he goes around town getting drunk, making terrible jokes and laughing at himself. I'm not convinced that Liza Minnelli's character would like anything about him. In fact, I'm not completely convinced this is a comedy.
A young, drunk, single billionaire.
Shout by cikuBlockedParent2023-10-08T12:53:03Z
I watched the more recent remake when it first came out and it was tolerable.I wanted to check this out thinking that the original would have had to be at least as, if not more entertaining. 10 minutes in and I cannot bear to listen to this man cackle one more time. I get that the drunken laughing is supposed to be annoying but it's too much. It gave the movie more of an over the top stage performance of what someone who has never been drunk would assume an obnoxious drunk person behaves like. I don't think I can make it to the end of this trainwreck.