I am a fan of David Lynch ( El ephant Man, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire) but this one I’ve never fully gotten along with. “Any of you clowns seen ‘Dumbland? It’s friggin’ hilarious'” ![]() The lion costume at the end is pretty jarringly awful too. Ultimately more cheesy than purposely funny and the tacked on spirituality schtick just does not fly or seem believable. I’d say maybe it’s just a kid’s movie, but then there’d still be really boring parts the kids would want to fast-forward through (the Mature-Simmons romance for one). This sword and sandal show plays like a bad Sunday school lesson. Finally Maurice Evans ( Planet of the Apes) is Caesar. Robert Newton ( Oliver Twist, Around the World in 80 Days) plays the most interesting character…and he’s still fairly simple. Jean Simmons ( Spartacus) is pretty and Elsa Lancaster ( The Bride of Frankenstein, Murder By Death) is a hammy annoying wife lady. Victor Mature ( The Robe, Samson and Delilah) I’ve never been wild about. Ed, The Time Machine, and the voice of Scrooge McDuck) and he’s okay here. ![]() Unlike Brooks, however, the comedy is very sweet and there really isn’t any edge. ![]() Maybe I didn’t think anybody besides Mel Brooks would stage a comedy in a coliseum. Perhaps it was partially because I did not realize it was going to be a comedy. So I was a little disappointed with Androcles and the Lion (1952). “Dear Lord, make some better Christian movies.”
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