Fresh
Eat the Rich looks deceptively haphazard, though keeping this sort of comedy on-target takes discipline, a willingness to throw out a lot of material before finding the stuff that works.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Eat the Rich
You are what you eat!
1987 · 1h 30m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Peter Richardson
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Eat the Rich
Overview
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It feels like punk on the downward swing, after most of its rude energy has dissipated.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Although writers Peter Richardson and Pete Richens have a flair for one-liners and recasting comic British standbys (rich, poor, twit, villain, big-breasted, dark-skinned), they strain so hard to be funny, you wish they'd relax.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
The cannibalism metaphor that eventually becomes prominent seems to have been arrived at mechanically.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Make what you will of the politics, as a series of sketches it delivers the laughs.
Time Out
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