Review of Under the Rainbow

After a little more than thirty years, I once again watched Under the Rainbow, another of Chevy Chase's early starring features after leaving "Saturday Night Live". This time he's a secret service agent guarding a duke and duchess on a trip to America during a pre-production of "The Wizard of Oz" of which Carrie Fisher is in charge of handling the little people cast who are also staying at the Hotel Rainbow. To tell the truth, it wasn't very funny then and while I discovered a few more punchlines and gags to be amused by, it's still not that much funny now. It's even a little tasteless what with all the innocent Japanese tourists that accidentally get killed in the chaos. The fact that, like the classic movie that starred Judy Garland, it all turned out to be a dream by one of those "Munchkins" doesn't excuse any of it. Such familiar comic players like Eve Arden and Billy Barty are mostly wasted here though Barty made a pretty good villain here. Seeing Ms. Fisher being stripped was also good eye candy here, I have to admit. But it all was mostly pretty routine and boring so on that note, I'd only recommend Under the Rainbow for the curious and nothing more.