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This is extraneous for anyone who's seen the original film or show, presumably leaving everyone else to wonder what all the fuss has been about.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
The Producers
They had everything to gain by not being a success!
2005 · 2h 14m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Susan Stroman
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The Producers
Overview
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
Director and cast
- Susan Stroman Director
- Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock
- Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom
- Uma Thurman as Ulla
- Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind
- Gary Beach as Roger DeBris
- Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia
- Eileen Essell as Hold Me-Touch Me
- Michael McKean as Prison Trustee
- David Huddleston as Judge
- Debra Monk as Lick Me-Bite Me
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not so much a film as an awkwardly framed souvenir of the Broadway hit musical, The Producers needs a live audience like a candle needs oxygen.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
... an unabashedly old-fashioned musical filled with song, dance, and shtick so shticky you could hang wallpaper with it.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
The jokes are in its tackiness, and gauchery, and raspberry-inducing send-up of Broadway traditions. On that level, the movie works fine -- and is a whole lot cheaper for the ticket buyer.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Gary Beach have their singing, dancing and kvetching in the Broadway smash The Producers immortalized on film.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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