Fuzz

Put together a cast that includes Burt Reynolds, Yul Brynner, Jack Weston, Racquel Welch, and Tom Skerrit and you would think that you would have a movie worth watching. Not here. I have been busy with work and not able to see Hot Fuzz yet, so I tuned into Fuzz. I needn't have bothered. It was a total waste of time. It was supposed to be a comedy with multiple stories like M.A.S.H., but it just didn't work. I not only didn't laugh once, but it was hard to stay interested. Raquel Welch was totally wasted in this film. Catch her in The Three Musketeers.

I like Burt Reynolds in a comedy such as "The End", and was hoping for something along those lines here. "Fuzz" is not even close, and certainly cannot be considered a comedy. Any effort at humor seems extremely forced, and just plain not funny. A pretty good cast is almost totally wasted, Reynolds and Welch most notably. Tom Skeritt seems simply along for the ride. Too many characters with little or no development, and a plot that stretches credibility to the extreme. I mean, letting anybody near a bomb target's car, nevertheless under the hood, is a real rubber band job. I rate this 1.0 out of ten for all of the above reasons. - MERK