the worst
steve martin has the WORST itlian american accent in this film EVER
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He was being stereotypical, I am sure... ;-)
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shareHis whole performance was awful and unfunny!
shareokay, stereotypical(I happen to be Italian too) I can see being leveled at this movie yeah, but I'm sorry it is funny as hell and at the very least it is a feel good comedy.
share"... it is funny as hell and at the very least it is a feel good comedy."
I feel the same way.
The accent is deliberately exaggerated and I think his performance is more of a throwback to his earlier roles.
It's an inoffensive comedy that I've always found personably enjoyable.
I am watching this movie on TV as I type this. For those of you who do not think it is funny all I have to say is:
"See, No sense of humor what-so-ever!"
Great answer!
I feel the same way!
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It really is awful. I liked the movie but it had potential to be hysterical. Martin could have worked on the accent a lot more.
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Martin can play one type only which is the upper middle class professional uptight a-hole as he did in Plains Trains, Parenthood, Father for the Bride. Not that there is anything wrong with that, some of my best friends fit that description. This movie? No. Bad idea for him.
shareYou've gotta be kidding me. Ever seen The Jerk? Or perhaps Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid or the Man With Two Brains? Those are some of his very best performances, and he certainly doesn't fit the uptight middles class description in those films. Never forget what a wild and crazy guy he is. Never.
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Wow...you really don't know Steve Martin very well. I used to listen to his records in the 70's of his standup over and over again. His banjo playing, random wit...hilarious. I found his role in Father of the Bride to be far from his norm. Do you remember Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) before he went all emotional, professional?
shareI think Planes Trains and Automobiles sort of typecasted him as the stressed upper-middle class father and so for a while, he was portraying less zany characters.
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I don't think he pulled the role off very well, even if he was deliberately overdoing the accent and gestures. John Pankow would have filled the role a lot better. He can do harmless sleazebag and Italian pretty well.
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He's not doing an Italian accent. It's more of a exaggerated stereotypical Italian-American Brooklyn/Queens accent.
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