The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy'

Maybe I am just too much of a Laurel & Hardy fan, but i found this thing on HBO and thought I was hallucinating. This was awful!!! Has Bronson Pinchot's career sunk so low that he must do this? A Stan Laurel impression???? Yikes! And Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham doing a small burn as these lame Laurel & Hardy copycats do their shtick was almost too painful to watch. All this movie emphasized was how GREAT and UNIQUE the original men were. This movie should never have been made. For goodness sakes, if you want to watch them, rent their classic movies, Music Box, Sons Of the Desert, Brats, etc.

However, perhaps I'm nitpicking, but in my opinion the "modern day" setting doesn't really seem to work in some respects. For a start, Stan and Ollie still wear their 30s/40s style attire - how many people do you catch wearing bowler hats in this day and age? At times, they seemed almost to be living in a bizarre time warp, which didn't really make sense.

Overall though, this is good, old-fashioned slapstick comedy, well in the spirit of the real Stan and Ollie. It's nice to see such innocent laughs for a change, with the kinds of films we're seeing most of the time today, this is a rare treat for the family!

When I first heard of a 'remake' of the old Laurel & Hardy films, I thought it would be terrible. But after seeing the movie, I take it back! Bronson Pinchot and Gailard Sartain pay great tribute to the late comedy team with their performance.

Granted, they are not Laurel and Hardy, and are not as funny as they were, but Bronson Pinchot (Stan) and Gailard Sartain (Ollie) give above decent impersonations of the original duo. Not as good as the shorts or films, but it is a great tribute to best comedy team of all. Thumbs up.

It was not Laurel and Hardy, but the two actors did a more-than-acceptable job at adopting their mannerisms and voices. What's so wrong with conjuring up the sweetness and memory of the greatest comedy team ever, and doing it up again in a modern setting and on the big screen? Granted, the clothes were out of place and the context of the originals was totally not there. But the whole thing could have been much worse. At least it wasn't overly crude, as many modern comedies are. Maybe it will get a few people (especially kids) to seek out the original L&H.