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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

R 1989 1h 34m Musical Comedy List
40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
In this musical comedy, English miner Bert Rigby (Robert Lindsay) wants nothing more than to be a huge star like his idols Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Finally, Bert journeys to Hollywood, Calif., to see if he can make his dreams come true. Fame doesn't come easily, however. He gets a job as the butler to a bigwig movie producer, Jim Shirley (Corbin Bernsen), and gets involved with Shirley's insatiable wife, Meredith (Anne Bancroft). But Bert needs to stay focused if he wants to make it.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Bert Rigby harkens back so effectively to the golden days that we want to be there, instead of in this movie. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Rated: 2/5 Feb 22, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 3/5 Aug 29, 2003 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com I expected very little and received a nice treat. Rated: 4/5 Jul 25, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A wonderfully entertaining movie that has NEVER been released on DVD..what a shame Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Un bel "brutto" film. Sceneggiatura confusa ma a tratti piacevole, qualche buona trovata che per Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this musical comedy, English miner Bert Rigby (Robert Lindsay) wants nothing more than to be a huge star like his idols Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Finally, Bert journeys to Hollywood, Calif., to see if he can make his dreams come true. Fame doesn't come easily, however. He gets a job as the butler to a bigwig movie producer, Jim Shirley (Corbin Bernsen), and gets involved with Shirley's insatiable wife, Meredith (Anne Bancroft). But Bert needs to stay focused if he wants to make it.
Director
Carl Reiner
Producer
George Shapiro
Screenwriter
Carl Reiner
Production Co
Lorimar Film Entertainment, Lorimar Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$40.5K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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