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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 8, 2018 10:26:34 GMT
"Two garbagemen who know when something smells funny!"A pair of laid-back and easy going garbagemen who spends most of their time dreaming of one day being able of getting their very own surf shop becomes involved in the nastier side of the waste disposal business, when they suddenly stumbles upon the body of a famous politician lying around on their daily route. The shocking discovery will soon bring out the very best of the two co-workers, as they decide to take on the heroic part themselves and to try and solve the mystery of figuring out who is responsible for messing up their workday schedule by dumping bodies all over town.What I remember first of this movie, was the classic golf clap from the Estevez brothers on an funny gif 11-12 years ago, but never got around to catch the title of the film. A few years later on, I finally realized which one it was as I caught a hold of some of it on late night cable and I enjoyed the hell out of this silly but very entertaining comedy/adventure film, which I think is both written and directed by Emilio and where his kid brother starred in the other main part along with him. Anyway, I went out the next day, ordered the DVD copy and 3 days later it arrived and I decided to check out the whole film and along with a big slice of pizza, ice cold drinks and the right late night saturday movie mood, I was in for a very pleasant surprise. All thanks to this goofy gif picture that was lying around in some old movie related forum back in 2006-07. The film has a certain "touch" of that feel-good summer comedy vibe which both of the Weekend at Bernie's films have more than enough of, and it also helps that great character actors such as Keith David put in a fantastic display as an crazy, trigger happy Vietnam veteran who ends up stealing the show. All in all, Men at Work might not be a "great" movie, but when it comes to pure entertainment it delivers very well and stands safely among my favorite titles of what the Estevez brothers put out during the 80s and early 90s.
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Post by gbone on Jun 8, 2018 17:05:36 GMT
"You're a stupid man, you're a stupid little man."
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Post by ravi02 on Jun 8, 2018 18:05:46 GMT
Yeah, it's certainly not a classic, but an amiable enough comedy.
Keith David tying those cops to each other on the playground wheel overnight still cracks me up. "I hate cops". LOL
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 22, 2018 4:43:16 GMT
My two boys really know how to work a movie. They were both in high school when "Men at Work" came out. I was unable to give them fatherly advice or rant about kids today without one of them saying, "Golf clap" and doing it. It was hard for me to be serious when I was laughing as hard as they were.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2018 13:20:32 GMT
Off topic but, does mgm still a movie company? Are they owned by Disney now?
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