Cheech and Chong - Things Are Tough All Over (1982)

Cheech and Chong are at it again! But this is the first time they've appeared on the screen in dual roles. Tommy Chong plays the maniacal Prince Habib as well as the famous spaced-out wanderer. Richard "Cheech" Marin is Habib's wily brother Mr. Slyman in addition to his usual role. Everybody has problems these days and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5 million secretly stashed in the front seat. In order to get there the pair sell off the car piece by piece including the seven-figure front seat. Cheech and Chong then have a much bigger problem - Slyman and Habib are after them swearing to kill them after the appropriate torture.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396058583 Manufacturer No: 05858 Product Description

The last great C&C film on DVD!!!

This is the fourth in the series!!! So glad to have it on DVD!!! This was truly the last great film they(Cheech and Chong) made together,Still Smokin was ok but Corsican Brothers was not good at all!!! The DVD has BOTH Widescreen and Full Frame versions so everyone will be happy,and the transfer for the film is nice and clean,sound is pretty darn good too,for a mono soundtrack!!! Recommended for Cheech and Chong fans!!! A+ August 31, 2008

A WORTHY INSTALLMENT IN THE C&C SERIES!

This is a very good installment and forth in the Cheech & Chong movie series. It is hard not to like this film, if you are a fan, but this is the last film in the series worth your time. Once again the DVD is in need of an upgrade. July 25, 2007

The Best C&C Movie

Saw this when it first came out and remember my date just laughing constantly & loudly in the theater through the whole movie. I laughed alot myself. Good memory, Great movie. This is the funniest and best Cheech & Chong movie (I think that the 2nd best is "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie"). Being a musician and being the age that I am (47), I love the music/band scenes/jokes, of which there are many in this film. I haven't seen the DVD version, and don't think I'll buy it as there doesn't seem to be any extras on it at all. Are there? April 2, 2007

This is funny and engaging all over

Cheech and Chong are back in such strong form here that it makes me wonder if I shouldn't reevaluate the previous film, Nice Dreams (1981), which seemed like a misstep to me on my last viewing.

Of course, there are some major differences with Things are Tough All Over. For Nice Dreams, Cheech and Chong took the ultimate stoner/slacker route and made a film with little plot or direction. It seemed like they were engaging in the same behavior offscreen as on and just and playing around with loose, rough ideas. Maybe they also wondered what the heck they had done when later watching Nice Dreams (or watching the box office returns), because for Things are Tough All Over, they took an entirely different path and crafted an intricately structured comic misadventure where they play two interweaving sets of characters--Cheech and Chong, of course, and Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong), Arab brothers who serve as Cheech and Chong's employers in various guises.

The script for Things are Tough All Over may have been something Cheech and Chong were working on for awhile. The basic subtext (as reflected in the title) is the recession during the Carter years in the U.S. Slyman and Habib represent the flipside of the gas crisis (which is both metaphorically and literally in the plot at the same time in interesting and funny ways, even including flatulence jokes), and their prosperity as well as Cheech and Chong's role in the climax and denouement of the film represent the change of economic and social climate of the Reagan years. This may be reading a bit too heavily into the film, but to some extent, these themes were definitely intentional.

Not that this is a serious film. The gags here are on par with Up in Smoke (1978). And given the engaging misadventure/road-movie plot, the gags have a purpose that makes them that much better. Things are Tough All Over is also unusual in that it's the first Cheech and Chong film that's not focused on drugs. Not that I dislike drug humor (or the idea of drug use), but not _having_ to make this film about drugs opens up the door for Cheech and Chong to focus on comedy for its own sake. They go with material because it's going to be funny, and their timing is exquisitely on--they know just how far they can milk any particular joke for maximum effect. August 23, 2006

Two and 3 Quarter Gram Stars Review, Man

This adventure of Cheech & Chong see's them playing a couple of dudes who work for some Arab dudes who like want them to drive a car from Detroit to Las Vegas but they have no idea why, they just wanna get paid for the job. Theres a lot of things happening to them as the drive from one place to the other.

There isnt much of the Stoner Humor in this one compared to other C&C movies. The laughs arnt there as strong as the other either, but the humour is still defintly there. I have a feeling Richard "Cheech" Marin probably wanted to show he could act as something other then the Cheech charactor, they play a couple of Arabs in the movie aswell, and lean more towards a humor not so pot headed. I think Cheech was trying to establish himself as a real actor. But least he stayed true to Cheech tho, he didnt kill the charactor or anything.

I'd say this is the weakest of all the C&C movies. I even think Get Out Of My Room is funnier then this... but dont count it out tho, it's still got some great bits in it.... my fav is when Cheech needs to go to the bathroom and ends up going a way he didnt expect.

There's no bonus features or anything which is a bummer. Seems the only one to get any attention has been the first movie... if there not going to give these things extra features, then they should have at least made the DVD a double feature with Nice Dreams (Columbian release's, thats why that particuler title)

We need a new Cheech & Chong movie, this may be the weakest, but it's still better then most of the stoner movies being made these days, thats why we need Tommy and Richard to make a new one to show the kids today how it's done. June 14, 2005

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