The Twelve Chairs

1970

1h 34m

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6.3/10

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In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

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Mel Brooks

Writers

Mel Brooks(screenplay by)

Ilya Ilf(novel by)

Doris Mudie(screenplay by)

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Ron Moody

Frank Langella

Dom DeLuise

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Ippolit Vorobyaninov

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Father Fyodor

Nikolai Sestrin

Tikon

Engineer Bruns

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Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks(screenplay by)

Ilya Ilf(novel by)

Doris Mudie(screenplay by)

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For a Mel Brooks movie, far from the best. For a 60-70's comedy, I've definitely seen better. A poor man's Mad Mad Mad Mad World. "Was it interesting?" That was the best part. The story is complex, characters were developed with reasonable motivations. It's just the transition to a movie that didn't really do it justice. 1.5 out of 3 "Was it entertaining?" The comedy was slightly humorous in parts, but mostly predictable or too drawn out. 1 out of 3 "Was it memorable?" The locations were pretty well done, and the acting was better than the dialog. The problem is that pacing was so slow I almost fell asleep 2/3 through and was wanting to fast-forward in the last 5 minutes. 1 out of 3 1.5+1+1=3.5+1(default 1)=4.5 Round up or down for overall feeling and this feels like a 4. This is not a movie I would want to see and felt like my time was somewhat wasted.

tiailds16 Jan, 2016