gwnightscream Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz and Eric Idle star in this 1992 sci-fi comedy. Lovitz (Big) plays obnoxious and cruel emperor, Tod Spengo who sets his sights on married woman, Marge Nelson (Garr) before he intends on destroying her planet, Earth. She and her husband, Dick (Jones) go away for their anniversary, but are taken to a far away galaxy instead where Tod awaits on a planet full of idiots. Dick fights to save Marge from marrying Tod and tries to save Earth from destruction. Idle (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) plays King, Raff. This isn't a bad film, it pokes fun at sci-fi flicks & serials, Garr, Jones & Lovitz are good in it and the late, Jerry Goldsmith's score is great as usual. I recommend this.

Woodyanders Tod (robustly played with deliciously hammy élan by Jon Lovitz), the idiotic emperor of the tiny planet of Spengo, plans to destroy the earth. It's up to chipper, frumpy housewife Marge (the always delightful Terri Garr) and her grumpy husband Dick (the excellent Jeffrey Jones) to stop Todd. Director Greg Beeman, working from a blithely inane and good-natured script by Chris Matheson and Ed Soloman, pitches the cheerfully dippy humor at an appropriately broad pitch and maintains an infectiously lighthearted tone throughout. The humor is essentially Monty Python meets Dr. Seuss, with several inspired moments of surreal silliness (the cute killer mushrooms and the gag about the deadly light grenade are especially sidesplitting). The cast have a field day with the divinely asinine material: Garr and Jones make for appealing leads (their bickering scenes in particular are hilarious), Lovitz is an absolute riot as the hopelessly stupid and arrogant Tod, Thalmus Rasulala contributes a winning turn as General Afir, Kathy Ireland looks positively delectable in her skimpy outfit as Semage, and there are nice bits by Eric Idle as the absentminded King Raff and Wallace Shawn as meek torturer Sibor. Tony Gardner supplies a bunch of funky creatures; the fish ladies and bulldog men are simply adorable. Kudos are also in order for Jerry Goldsmith's spirited zany score and Jacques Haitkin's crisp cinematography. A very funny and charming goof of a film.

enigma_too This isn't "The Princess Bride," it's just silly. But silly in a fun way. John Lovitz and Terri Garr give it some substance, but the best part by far is the scene with the "light grenade." I've known folks who would have fit in that scene, just fine.When you've got some time to waste, and don't care how, this is the movie for you.

superkaratemonkey This one really caught me by surprise. It's really, really damn silly and a total treat. I know it's not for everyone, but if you like the absurd, you'll love this one. I had to do a tech screening of this and had every intention of trashing it, but ended up bustin' my damn gut laughing. I think I spilled my Dr. Pepper.