Mel Brooks must have been out of his mind to try this! I vaguely remember seeing it as a kid and enjoyed it then - so I got it on DVD to watch with my family. The jokes are SO obvious and witless - they just don't work. Most didn't even raise a smile and not one raised a laugh. Mel really should have watched some Buster Keaton or Laurel & Hardy to see how physical comedy is done by the masters. The physical comedy is amateurish at best. If he'd watched "The General" or "The Music Box" after making this he'd NEVER have released it. If you saw your mates doing some of these scenes for a charity event then you might laugh - 'cos they are amateurs and you'd enjoy them doing it but these guys are professionals! We expect better. My 11 year old daughter who loves Laurel & Hardy just said "They make the scenes go on too long. The joke's been done and they keep it going long after it's stopped being funny" Sorry Mel. The Producers, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles were your master works this should quietly be forgotten as a brave but doomed self-indulgent experiment.
Review of Silent Movie
