T'es fou Jerry

Original title: Smorgasbord (The Movie)

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Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.

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5.7/10

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- 1 nomination total

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RWolfson

Cracked me up

Jerry Lewis is hilariously amazing. He is truly a comic genius. He writes hilarious movies and executes them so well and this is no exception. This is a great movie A GREAT MOVIE ONE OF JERRY'S OVERLOOKED GEMS IS CORRECT!!!!!!!!! If Jerry reads this I just have to say, you are the best at slapstick, and you are hilarious the most talented comedian to ever live, but I have a feeling there is this one kid who is coming up who will become the greatest, all because of ur teaching through ur films and colgate comedy hours.

7zsenorsock

Viva Jerry!

THIS is the film Jerry Lewis should have made his min-comeback with instead of the mawkish "Hardly Working". Yes, there isn't much of a story here, but like "The Bellboy" the gags for the most part are really pretty funny. The opening title sequence may contain Jerry's best moment in the film as he tries to cross a highly polished floor. Then listen what happens when the title card of the film's composer comes up. The scene where Jerry plays a cop and pulls over a overweight speeder is also one of his funniest in years. Can't argue this is a great film, but it IS funny and that's something Jerry had not been since at least "The Big Mouth" back in 1967. The other films Jerry made around this time were either just terrible ("Slapstick Encounters") or featured more of his dramatic side ("KIng of Comedy", "Funny Bones"). This film is just plain funny and its too bad it never got a wide theatrical release.

6sschwa

A genius who makes some bad movies.

Jerry Lewis has always been one of the most awesomely gifted comedians in the business. He can make you laugh so hard, your ribs hurt. He can also bore (and embarrass) the snot out of you. This movie is, truthfully, uneven. The first ten minutes, as the poor schnook tries merely to sit down in a doctor's office, are brilliant, screamingly funny. Other bits (there really isn't much of a plot) traverse a range from lying there like iron ingots to surreally jaw-dropping. The French aren't necessarily crazy. The highs in this movie soar, the lows strain to reach the curb. Welcome to a Jerry Lewis movie. If you can't handle that, this isn't for you.

8Pumpkin-22

One of Jerry's Most Overlooked Gems

This is a sloppy mess of a comedy, with barely a plot to speak of, yet it contains some of the funniest bits Mr. Lewis has ever committed to film. It's one helluva lot better than the previous movie, "Hardly Working" which got a big theatrical release. It is the "Test Market Audience Mentality" that kept this excellent movie from getting a big-screen release in the U.S. "Cracking Up" keeps moving--if one gag fails, don't worry because there will be another, funnier one right on top of it. This overlooked gem has no less a fan than Martin Scorsese, who particularly loved the waxy floor opening credits sequence.

3Mister-6

He sure is....

Jerry's finally lost it.

I knew he was going downhill with "Hardly Working", which left him just that. But with "Cracking Up", he finds himself stuck with a movie that is so loud, so shrill and so in-your-face that laughing at it is not an option. You just want to analyze it to death.

As an all-around crackpot, Jerry sees a psychiatrist (Edelman) to try and get to the bottom of why he is in such sad shape.

The vignettes, when not repetitive, are just plain dumb. See, one part has him trying to quit smoking, so he goes to seek help. Now, whenever he lights up, Dick Butkus pops out of nowhere and belts him one. He shows up out of the bushes, in a buffet line, as a statue, etc. Cute at the beginning, but after the eleventh or twelfth time, it gets kind of annoying.

There is a bit part for Sammy Davis Jr. but his best role is in an out-take at the end where Jerry hoists him up and announces, "I'd like to thank the NAACP for this award...."

So, you see, Jerry can be funny. He used to be funny and there are times when he still has funniness within his grasp. But not here.

Three stars from me. Eight stars if you're a rabid fan. Ten stars if you're reading this in France.

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Trivia
The title was changed to "Cracking Up" so late that when the characters go to see this movie, the marquee of the theater still has the original title "Smorgasbord".

Goofs
The chair used in the opening hanging sequence disappears entirely and then suddenly reappears.

Quotes
Warren Nefron: I think I'll have the non-toxic lunch.
Waitress: Would you like to start it with juice, fruit or soup?
Warren Nefron: Hmm, I think juice will be fine!
Waitress: We have apple, grapefruit, pineapple, apricot, orange, lemon, lemon crush, banana, asparagus, avocado, nectarine, tangerine, cherry, or pitless watermelon.
Warren Nefron: Apple will be fine.
Waitress: Apple it is! And what kind of salad would you like with your meal? We have Caesar, watercress, lettuce and tomato, plain tomato, plain lettuce, bibb lettuce, hearts of lettuce, hearts of bibb lettuce, lettuce leaves.
Warren Nefron: Watercress is always the...
Waitress: Watercress it is! Good choice! You got it! And what do you have on it? We have vinegar, vinegar and oil, plain oil, thousand island, hundred island, wine island, three mile island, Russian, German, Swiss, Mayo, Roquefort, blue cheese, brown cheese, cheese, cheese and bacon, bacon bits, bacon chips.
Warren Nefron: Hmm, vinegar and oil...
Waitress: Vinegar and oil, good choice! You got it! And now for your main course? We have steak, chops, veal, lamb chops, veal chops, chops of beef, beef tournedos, tournedos of beef, roast beef, boiled beef, royal beef, baked beef, braised beef, ribs, livers, lungs, onions...
Warren Nefron: I think steak is the best...
Waitress: Steak, and how would you like that? Medium, medium rare, well, well-done, rare, very rare...
Waitress: [time has elapsed] ... coffee, decaf, cocoa...
Warren Nefron: Can I just have a check?
Waitress: Fine, will that be cash, Visa, MasterCard, Carte Blanche, American Express, Bank of America, Bank of Germany, Bank of Tokyo, Bank of England, Bank of Andorra, Bank of Uruguay, Bank of the Peloponesian Island...?