I understand that most people that have reviewed this mid-70s Canadian comedy may not agree with me, but I kind of liked this movie. Even though the opening credits might lean toward trying to be like THE PINK PANTHER with animation playing over the opening credits. The animation as well is not really all that good unfortunately.
The story is about a Labatt 50-slamming struggling artist named Sweeney (Anthony Newley) who is trying his best to win his ex-wife Georgina (Stefanie Powers) back. By his side he has the help of his best friend and roommate Moriarty (Isaac Hayes). To give you an idea he will stoop to any level including party crashing the ritzy and fabulous, creating laxative-laced salad and house-training a skunk. I believe it was filmed in Toronto and comes across to me as quite Canadian. I mean what is more Canadian than taking your empties back to get gas money?
Now I know you probably aren't going to solve the worlds problems watching this movie, but I enjoyed myself enough to give it a passing score. Also starring Yvonne De Carlo as Georgina's crazed mother Julia and with Lawrence Dane and late-great Canadian comic John Candy as bumbling cops Broom and Kopek. They later got their own movie a year later called 'Find the Lady'.
The story is about a Labatt 50-slamming struggling artist named Sweeney (Anthony Newley) who is trying his best to win his ex-wife Georgina (Stefanie Powers) back. By his side he has the help of his best friend and roommate Moriarty (Isaac Hayes). To give you an idea he will stoop to any level including party crashing the ritzy and fabulous, creating laxative-laced salad and house-training a skunk. I believe it was filmed in Toronto and comes across to me as quite Canadian. I mean what is more Canadian than taking your empties back to get gas money?
Now I know you probably aren't going to solve the worlds problems watching this movie, but I enjoyed myself enough to give it a passing score. Also starring Yvonne De Carlo as Georgina's crazed mother Julia and with Lawrence Dane and late-great Canadian comic John Candy as bumbling cops Broom and Kopek. They later got their own movie a year later called 'Find the Lady'.