Synopsis
Incorrigible and not altogether competent small-time crook Richard Pryor has pulled one fastone too many. His exasperated parole officer threatens him with a long jail term unless he agreesto drive a group of special education students in a rickety bus from Philadelphia to Seattle, wherethey will find a new home. All sorts of misadventures await along the road trip.
There’s a vaguely gritty atmosphere, which helps defuse some of the sentimentality, and thekids are h…rdly your usual quite widdle orphans: you have your irritating blind kid, your arsonist,your former child prostitute (there are some rather dubious gags concerning her), and so on. thisis still a pretty lackluster affair.
Audio
The soundtrack is mono. Not too much to say about it, but it is a warm track, very clean, withlittle distortion (though the dialogue does buzz a little now and then). The music has a nice funkyfeel to it, almost as if the film were from a few years earlier than 1981.
Video
There is some grain apparent here, and the colours as a whole are a bit dark, tending towardsthe murky, especially the flesh tones. The reds, by contrast, are a little too strong. The image isdecently sharp, but the film is showing its age.
Special Features
Nothing but the trailer for Friday Night Lights. The menu’s main screen isscored.
Closing Thoughts
A bare-bones review of a mediocre comedy. Don’t rush to the stores all at once, now.
Special Features List
- Trailer
