The Producers (2005) 7/10

Starring : Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell
Director : Susan Stroman
Running Time : 130 mins

Following a visit from accountant Leo Bloom (Broderick), theatre producer Max Bialystock (Lane) decides that the only way to make money out of a theatre production is if the play fails, so he sets about, with the aid of Bloom, in making the world’s worst musical, a play entitled "Springtime For Hitler".

This remake of the classic Mel Brooks movie of the 1960’s was actually quite a pleasant surprise. After a slow start this finally starts to pick up the pace, though the long runtime does seem a little unnecessary. It was hard to picture anyone other than Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in the lead roles, but Lane and Broderick manage to pull it off, although a lot of the time they do seem to just be doing impersonations of the original cast.

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