Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Alan Arkin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
Alan Arkin directs and stars in this hilarious look at a dysfunctional family. Dad is an aging patriarch of a failing department store. He has disowned one son, Arkin, who now coaches a pathetic high school basketball team. In one plot line, Arkin discovers a basketball prodigy on the streets and adopts him, literally, so he can join the team. The other son, Rob Reiner, runs the store after Dad suffers a heart attack. He cashes in the fire insurance policy to buy new merchandise, unaware that Dad has actually convinced his insane uncle to burn the place down. A mad dash to stop him is the film's finale. This is not quite as good as say Mel Brooks, but has a similar sense of humor.
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