Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095031/]
The Gist:
I honestly haven't seen many old school Steve Martin films, which is a bit of a travesty. This film has him starring opposite Michael Caine, and the two work off each other very well. They play two con men who spend the film sparring against each other, as the film escalates to ridiculous heights like Steve Martin becoming a Navy officer paraplegic and Caine becoming a renowned German doctor who can cure Martin of his condition, and so on like that. Caine's dialogue is particularly well written as a suave swindler with a moral code, while Martin's character has a bit less depth (namely, he's a likable moron). The film isn't the best comedy I've ever seen, it has plenty of formula and everything is so ridiculous that you know these cons could never work in real life (unlike something like Brothers Bloom where I kind suspend belief a bit easier). However, the film is a piece of light fun, which we should always appreciate.
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