Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

I never get tired watch this funny film. Michael Caine and Steve Martin are good together as cons trying to compete with each other. Glenne Headly plays the woman they compete for a challenge. Wondering who is conning who at the end. I must of watch this film a dozen of times on TV, but it is fresh and funny to see it again.

It brings tears to my eyes seeing the resolve of "Freddie" (Steve Martin), the jilted-paralyzed vet, getting whacked on the run by Con Man-buddy "Dr. Schuffhausen" (Michael Caine). You can hear the swooshing of the silky satin suit as the Dr. backs up, antelopes towards Freddie, and positively cracks his shins with the sting of a whip-like stem. The look on Steve Martin's face as he fights the tears to preserve his character is priceless!

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is no longer a new film, but it's not showing its age, which I guess is a sign of a classic. I've seen it recently, and was not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised! With performances by can't-fail actors Steve Martin and Michael Caine, the film is zany, with a little toilet humor but mostly doesn't insult one's intelligence, and is far better than "All of Me" and just short of "A Fish Called Wanda", and "Roxanne", which unlike this film includes some romance. Who should see this film: -- Zany comedy film lovers: a must-see. If you're new to Steve Martin, try Bowfinger first. -- Safe as a kids / family film I'll give "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" a surprisingly resilient 9 out of 10.

This film is so smart, so imaginative and so artfully played that it flew over the radar of the average movie-goer when it first came out. Michael Caine is at his brilliant best as the suave Laurence Jamison and Steve Martin's 'Ruprecht' is a comic masterpiece. As Freddy, he's the perfect boob -- smart enough to con women into giving him small sums of money, too stupid to realize there's a world going on around him where the stakes are much, much higher. It is also easy to underestimate the work of Glenn Headly, but once you've seen the whole movie you realize how her simple choices add up to a very complicated performance indeed. Every time I see this movie I laugh out loud.

I haven't seen this movie since it first came out, but after watching 'The Hustle' (a female version of the same story) I just had to check this one out again. I was certainly not disappointed, having remembered it quite fondly. Each film stands up beautifully on their own, even though the stories are virtually identical with only a few subtle differences. Steve Martin and Michael Caine are absolutely perfect in their roles as very different types of con men fighting over prime territory. I give this film two hearty thumbs up. Well worth seeing more than once.

This was such a funny and most clever of comedies. Each scene is is like a jigsaw puzzle and made up of pieces of supreme comedy. Michael Cain and Steve Martin play rivals in a game to be the winning (ultimate) conman, where the loser has to pack-up and leave town. After all of these years it's incredibly fresh and even if you know the inventive ending twist, this movie can be revisited many a time.