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Enter Laughing

	Enter Laughing
	by Sony Pictures Sales Rank: 2170 Price: $19.98

A modest but pleasant comedy based on Carl Reiner's semi- autobiographical novel about how he got into show business. David, a nice young Jewish boy from the Bronx (played, oddly enough, by nice young Italian boy Reni Santoni), is a delivery boy for a machinist, but aspires to be an actor. Finally summoning up his courage to answer an audition notice, he gets cast because the leading lady (Elaine May) thinks he's the cutest of the candidates, despite the dour misgivings of her actor father (the gloriously histrionic José Ferrer). David's parents don't want him to do it; his boss doesn't want him to do it; his girlfriend, though initially supportive, becomes jealous of the leading lady. But David persists, leading to many amusing mishaps on opening night. Santoni has settled into a long career as a supporting character actor, but the supporting cast of <I>Enter Laughing</I> is pretty star-studded; in addition to May and Ferrer, there's Shelley Winters (as David's long-suffering mom), Michael J. Pollard, Don Rickles, Jack Gilford, and even a cameo by Carl's son, Rob, who went on to success as "Meathead" on TV's <I>All in the Family</I> and as director of movies such as <I>This Is Spinal Tap</I> and <I>When Harry Met Sally</I>. This was Carl's directorial debut; he went on to bigger success with Steve Martin's <I>The Jerk</I> and <I>The Man with Two Brains</I>, but <I>Enter Laughing</I> is not without its charms, particularly if you have a taste for comedies about theater itself. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I> *Viewer Reviews* Except for a few scattered laughs, painfully unfunny adapation of what was reportedly a pretty funny play. Almost worth watching just to see how writer/director Carl Reiner manages to waste a great cast that includes Jose Ferrer, Elaine May, Shelley Winters, Jack Gilford and Janet Margolin. A few chuckles here and there, including unintentional guffaws inspired by the awful production design which awkwardly weds a 1930's story to 1960's fashions and soundtrack music. Back To Top
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