Easy Money (1983)

If you want a good laugh you got it! Try to imagine yourself in his shoes. i thought this was as good as hard ways! I thought the movie was very funny and it made me laugh. He was always a good actor. The concept of the movie was good for the age of it. I never thought a old movie would be so funny!! This movie was like a home Simpson moment!! Were did he go at the end? Im not to sure why they make us write 10 lines when this movie was so good it did not need the ten lines to describe it. I was not sure why the end of the movie did not make me laugh like the beginning but i still thought the movie had a great story line to it. -------RyanCorrea------- http://www.howtoearneasycash.com

I remember owning an old VHS copy of this movie back in the eighties, and if memory serves, I pretty much played the movie ragged.The late great Rodney Dangerfield is the star of the movie without a doubt, his mannerisms, complete with his one liners always had me in stitches.Of course my VHS copy bit the dust, and I was most fortunate to spot that TCM were showing the movie just the other night, and although it had been twenty plus years since I had watched it, I still found myself laughing at the same points in the movie.Ably assisted in the comedy stakes by the likes of Joe Pesci before he found his Cousin Vinny, the whole movie does revolve around the maestro himself.I have to say, that when I was watching the movie, it's charm instantly transported my back to that early eighties, especially considering that Jennifer Jason Leigh was also in the movie playing Monty's nubile daughter.I remember watching her such genre classics as 'The Hitcher' and Paul Verhoeven's 'Flesh And Blood', overall though, the whole cast rocks, the director James Signorelli would go onto direct another little cracker in the shape of 'Elvira Mistress Of The Dark' And what about that ending, when Rodney Dangerfield waxes lyrical about his mother in law 'My Mother in law! For years I wouldn't kiss her face! Now I end up kissing her ass! Without a doubt, 10/10

This is one funny film. If you don't think so, it's understandable because growing up in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia area may help you relate a bit better. All of the stereotypes of that area are there and because its that regional - it makes it the more funnier.Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is the patriarch of the family - a baby photographer who has a drug, gambling, sex, weight and alcohol problem but always managed to love and take care of his family. His wife, played by Candy Azzaraa is a more refined woman who's mother, played by the wonderful Geraldine Fitzgerald is wealthy and controlling as anything and wanted better for her daughter and her family. Rodney's older daughter, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh is about to become the virgin bride to a sassy Puerto Rican, played by the comic Taylor Negron while plucky younger daughter played by Lili Haydn tries to make sanity out of all of this.The grandmother mother 'dies' and even in death tries to control and shape her relatives via marriage by placing in her will that if Rodney looses weight, gives up drugs, extra martial affairs and alcohol in a year, the family would inherit her hundreds of millions of dollars fortune - if not, it all goes to her slimy, pompous assistant. Now the fight between who will receive the money begins and it is indeed funny.This film is full of great stand-up comedians of the time and funny early performances by Joe Pesci and Jeffrey Jones and a few others you've seen in Martin Scorecese films! (Yeah, its regional, even New Yorker Billy Joel Sings the theme song!) It's silly, low brow, low-rent and that is just the perfect vehicle for Rodney Dangerfield and co-horts. A very underrated comedy gem!

I rarely watch a movie more than twice, but this one I've watched four times since I bought the DVD. I just want to hear the theme song one more time - and end up watching the whole movie! The story is very good, both funny and thought provoking. There's not a dull moment. Even the scenes with Monty's daughter and Julio, which at first seem a little unnecessary, make sense at the end (SPOILERS!) when Julio accidentally shoots Monty in the a**. If this isn't Rodney Dangerfield's greatest film, I don't know what is. It's the best that I have seen, and I have seen a lot of good ones: Caddyshack, Back to school and Meet Wally Sparks. Little Nicky with Adam Sandler is horrible, avoid it like plague... Speaking of - Joe Pesci as Rodney / Monty's pal Nicky does one of his best comedic performances as well. The scene where he shows Monty how easy it is to control smoking is hilarious.At the risk of sounding a little naive (like Monty's pal Paddy, when he tries to pick up the stripper by asking her to meet his parents), I have to say I was a little disappointed (SPOILERS!) at the lack of moral the end of the story provided. Therefore - 9/10.