Brewster's Millions Details

Director Walter Hill and comedy are always an uneasy combination, and this hackneyed, overlong tale glaringly proves the point. Add the manic, rolling-eyed Richard Pryor, a taste never really acquired by British audiences, and you have a major disappointment that fell flat even when it was made. This was the seventh time the story had been filmed — man left millions in will but first has to spend large amount in 30 days — which should have sounded a note of caution all round, but didn't. As usual, Pryor overacts wildly.