The 1988 comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels might be an weak classic . But this light remake of the 1964 filmBedtime Storyremains a classic however .
The movie is a pretty traditional snobs versus slobs 80s funniness . Michael Caine star as a high - brow bunco game - man who tricks affluent women from around the world into giving him tremendous sums of money . Steve Martin co - stars as the low - brow misogynist huckster who ’s run an selfsame scam — except that he ’s just happy to make just 20 sawbuck off of a woman . They team up , and predictable glee ensues when they position their sights on an unsuspecting inheritrix played by the amazing Glenne Headly .
There ’s probably nothing intemperate in the Earth of medium than feature - duration drollery picture show . It ’s incredibly difficult to sustain a compelling secret plan and sufficient laughs per second to rationalize a given pic ’s categorization as “ comedy . ” Often meter a drollery will give character development in an attempt to extort out every last laughter potential . But Frank Oz , the director of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , never descend into this trap , arguably overcorrecting to give us mountain of time to worry about each quality . Or what we mean to be each character and their straight nature .
I wo n’t spoil the movie if you have n’t seen it , but needless to say , Caine and Martin ’s character get what ’s coming to them . you may stream Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Netflix . And if you ’ve got time tonight , I highly advocate that you do .
Image : Screenshot from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( 1988 )
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