本片依据1968年的同名电影及2001年的同名百老汇歌舞剧改编而成。会计师雷欧·布鲁姆（马修·布罗德里克 Matthew Broderick 饰）来到纽约百老汇最糟糕的制作人迈克斯（内森·连恩 Nathan Lane 饰）的办公室为他处理帐务，露营无意中提及他可通过制作一部最失败的歌舞剧来贪污两百万美元投资。迈克斯说服了一直怀有制作人之梦的雷欧与他一同制作这台歌舞剧，露营他们采用了前纳粹弗朗兹（威尔·法瑞尔 Will Ferrell 饰）的笑话剧本《希特勒的春天》，雇用了臭名昭著的同性恋导演罗杰（加里·毕什 Gary Beach 饰）及助手卡门（罗杰·巴特 Roger Bart 饰），并找到了一位毫无表演经验的瑞士美女乌拉（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）兼当秘书和女主角。可没想到的是，这样一部铁定失败的闹剧竟意外大获成功……本片被提名金球奖最佳歌舞剧及喜剧电影、最佳电影原创歌曲、最佳喜剧及歌舞剧男主角（内森·连恩）和最佳喜剧及歌舞剧男配角（威尔·法瑞尔），并获格莱美奖最佳电影电视或其他视觉媒体原创歌曲奖提名。
回复 :阿基姆（艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy 饰）是扎门达国的王子，他和侍从桑米（阿瑟尼奥·豪尔 Arsenio Hall 饰）来到美国，要在这里进行为期40天的微服访问。对于阿基姆来说，此行还有另外一个目的，他对父亲甲斐（詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯 James Earl Jones 饰）为自己安排的婚事很是不满，所以阿基姆决定，一定要在美国找到自己的真命天女。幸运的是，这样的女人很快就出现了，她的名字叫做莎莉（沙里·海德利 Shari Headley 饰）。为了接近莎莉，阿基姆进入了莎莉父亲开的面包店成为了一名打工仔。莎莉有一个个性十分粗暴的男友，相比之下，她更加喜欢温文尔雅的阿基姆，正当两人的关系逐渐步入正轨之时，甲斐竟然亲临美国，阿基姆苦心隐瞒的身份眼看就要被揭破。
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回复 :A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
回复 :明智一家表面和睦温馨，然而随着老年痴呆的祖父（笑福亭松之助 饰）的去世，隐藏在家族内部的危机逐渐浮了上来。父亲芳郎（平泉成 饰）看似按时上下班，但实际早已丢了工作，外面债台高筑；贤惠的母亲章子（大谷直子 饰）随着岁月的流逝，渐渐厌烦了好妈妈好太太的角色，心中倍感压抑；女 儿伦子（つみきみほ 饰）实现了当老师的梦想，却被不听话的学生惹的烦恼不堪。当然，在爷爷葬礼期间，芳郎那个因盗窃而被逐出家门的儿子周治（宮迫博之 饰）也回到家中。一家人各有各的烦恼，也各有各的秘密……
