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Richard Pryor looks very ill indeed in this lame comedy, his fourth film with Gene Wilder — it was later revealed that the actor and stand-up comedian, who has a well-documented history of substance abuse, was suffering from multiple sclerosis. Released directly on to video in the UK, it's a harebrained effort where all concerned must have crossed their fingers and hoped that the combined talents of the stars could paper over a nondescript plot and lacklustre dialogue. There are numerous tasteless jokes about mental illness — Wilder has just been released from the local sanatorium — but nothing can disguise Pryor's own deep-seated problems.

The comic duo have both seen better days. In this fairly desperate romp con-man Pryor takes pathological liar Wilder... read more on Time Out