The Producers (2005)

Cast : Nathan Lane

Matthew Broderick

Uma Thurman

Genre : Comedy / Musical

Director : Susan Stroman

Rating : 8/10

This is definitely one movie you can call “different”. Trust me, you have never seen a movie like this one. You know that feeling, when you think of people who actually pay up to watch a Broad Way show, and you feel that there is surely something wrong with their brains. How can anyone see those awkwardly boring shows? How can you watch a bunch of people for such long a time, when all you see them doing is just sing and dance (Agreed, Bollywood movies too have them, but then at least they also have shitty dialogues, impossible action sequences, hilarious romance and whatnot)?

But this movie changes it all forever. It’s a musical alright, there is a new song every few seconds, actors are constantly dancing around, every dialogue is part of a song and sets are as good as (if not better than) any Broad Way show (or any Bollywood period movie for that matter). Hardly ten minutes into the movie and you will find yourself actually enjoying a musical (and you still won’t believe it!!). And there are simply two reasons for this:

1. It’s got an awesome storyline. It tells you about a flop Broad Way producer, Max Bialystock, who has lost a lot of money and on the verge of getting broke he meets an timid accountant, Leo Bloom, who tells him how (if he is only capable of making flops) he can actually make a lot of money by producing a flop on shoestring budget and running away with the surplus left of the actual money he raises (which runs into millions, thanks to Max’s romance with loads of old women, who are ready to do anything for him). And then, together they go on to produce a play armed with world’s worst script “Spring Time For Hitler” (seriously, It sucks!), the worst director and the worst actors they can find. The only problem... the play “has” to be a flop if they want to sneak away with the money unnoticed, but as Murphy said,” if anything can go wrong, it will!”...
2. Other (and bigger) reason is the cast. I thought nothing could be harder than to find singing and dancing actors in Hollywood, that’s why the cast blew me away. Matthew Broderick as the shivering accountant is great as usual, he can never fail to impress you with his boyish charms (at 43) and stupendous acting skills (add to that the dancing he had to do).The surprise came in form of Nathan Lane, surely no one else could’ve done the justice that he did to Max’s character. He was really at his best, matching Broderick step to step (literally!). Of the rest, Uma Thurman as the weird secretary-slash-receptionist did the finest job I have seen her do (also, she manages to stop your heart beat a fair number of times with her beauty). Will Ferrell (as an escaped Nazi, who wrote Spring Time For Hitler) makes you laugh in a way only he can.

This is one helluva movie, filled with hilarious moments and jokes, which is bound to make you laugh your guts out (not literally!). This is screenplay at its best(have to mention Mel Brooks here, he deserves the praise).Seriously, go check out this one any which way you can..!!