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Name: A Fine Mess
Released: 1986-8-8
Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin

A Fine Mess

PG
1h 30m
1986

25%

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Join the irresistible Ted Danson (two-time Emmy® winner, TV's "Cheers") and the unpredictable Howie Mandel (TVs "St. Elsewhere") as they find themselves in A Fine Mess. While making a movie at a racetrack, lady crazed actor, con artist, and all around bungler Spence Holden (Danson) stumbles on two goofball thugs, Turnip (Richard Mulligan) and Binky (Stuart Margolin), doping a race horse. Always ready to cash in on a golden opportunity, Spence phones his roller-skating carhop best buddy (Mandel) for some quick loot. When the two hoods discover Spence's plan, the chase is on, taking all four guys on a madcap comedy romp that includes hightailing it from the cops, the Mob, and the gangster husband of one hot-to-trot wife! Written and directed by Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, Victor Victoria), A Fine Mess features a great soundtrack with music by The Temptations, Mr. Mister and Smokey Robinson.

Director:

Blake Edwards

Producer:

Jonathan D. Krane, Tony Adams

Writer:

Blake Edwards

Cast:

Maria Conchita Alonso, Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, Paul Sorvino

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

25%

Reviews

Guardian

Derek Malcolm

It spins out of control like it was written by a latter-day Feydeau with hysterics. Here and there one can see authentic Edwards touches. But only with field glasses. The naked eye discerns nothing much at all.

Unless you're a constipated horse or a lover of truly tasteless cinema, A Fine Mess is one you don't want to wander into.

... relies on shtick that ranges from the familiar ("Three Stooges"-style horseplay) to the prehistoric (as at an auction where Danson and Mandel sniff their armptis and unwittingly enter the bidding).

Obviously inspired by the 1932 Laurel & Hardy short The Music Box, A Fine Mess represents director Blake Edwards at his most witless and desperate.