The greatest movie ever!

Best movie ever!

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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This 1989 comedy stars Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Melora Hardin, Tom Skerritt, Jessica Harper and Cindy Williams. This is basically a send-up of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" where we meet Bob (Katz), a semi-deformed, wild-man who dwells in an old bell/clock tower on a college campus. Soon, he makes his presence known getting into mischief and learning people skills. Parker (How I Got Into College) plays Alex, a college student who becomes his friend & roommate, Hardin (The Office) plays Alex's girlfriend, Cathy who is the object of Bob's Affection, Skerritt (Top Gun) plays psychologist, Webster, Harper (Suspiria) plays psychiatrist, Fisk who thinks Bob is a danger to society and Williams (Laverne & Shirley) plays professor, Girard who falls for Bob. I grew up watching this and always enjoyed it. The cast is decent, Katz is especially great and his facial expressions remind me a bit of Ed O'Neill's (Married with Children). This is an amusing late 80's comedy with humor and heart I recommend.

I first saw this film when my teenagers were small, we all loved it and to this day we still quote from it, people think we are mad as no-one has seen it! I have searched everywhere for this film, I thought that good old Sky TV would repeat it again but no and the video we had was recorded over so I was over the moon when I found a copy of the video on EBay, I am awaiting delivery as we speak!Thank God for the internet, now I can surprise my kids and show my little one (she is 7) and introduce her to Bob Maloogalooga etc.I even went so far as to have a pet cat called mooka and a rat called camoula. The funniest and yes daftest film I have ever seen, but I LOVE IT!

I saw this movie years ago, by accident, on Sky movies and taped it the next time it was shown. Nobody I had ever asked about it had heard of it and soon my videotape was doing the rounds and not one person who had borrowed it didn't agree that it was extremely funny.Alan Katz is hilarious as Bob the hunchback and all the other actors do an adequate job in supporting his character.There are some classic lines in there that you will find yourself reciting to the other members of your family & friends who have seen it.I'm not going to write a synopsis of the movie because there are already plenty of them on here, I just want to say that if you EVER get a chance to see this movie, then jump at it, and if the studios have any sense at all and release this on DVD one day, then buy it. You won't be sorry.

First, this is a favorite movie of mine. I do love watching it, but NOT for any cerebral reason whatsoever. My son likes it similarly, but the females in the family dread when it comes on TV. So many of the lines in the movie just seem to be repeated for a week or so afterwards, as my son and I amuse ourselves.While I don't recommend beer for the younger ones, watching the opening credits to this movie with the first beer almost completely in is a great start. The rest of the time (in moderation) is just simply going to be fun. This is NOT "Saving Private Ryan".The sad thing about this movie, is that aside from the writer/star, Allan Katz, all other performances are completely forgettable. This is a movie written by, and for, the star to perform in. Tom Skerrit and Cindy Williams try hard ... but they just don't have the lines. Nor does anyone else for that matter. Everyone is a straight man for Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga. You can easily understand why this was not an Academy Award contender.That said ... there is some really funny stuff here. If you don't take yourself too seriously, you too may be able to simply laugh your butt off watching this. And if you also have a "stupid movie" collaborator like I do with my 16 year old son, why then you can double your fun!