Dying of Laughter (1999)

Most of the Comedy is only Smile worthy, this is kind of entertaining

I purchased it, because the director did Commonwealth and Dance with the devil and it was very cheap. To me this movie had no laughing moments; I had a couple of smiles though. It is better to take this as just entertainment not expecting any gut-busting sequences or funniness in general. The music video on the disc was more entertaining and lively than the whole movie itself. The girlfriend/arrest sequence is a plot hole in a way because it never explores if the fat guy really liked her. How funny is a fat balding guy getting slapped with a reaction of no emotion? This statement is the base of the fantasy comedy duo in this movie. April 7, 2008

Medium De la Iglesia

Not among Spanish cult director Alex de la Iglesia's best movies, this tells the tale, through almost two decades, of two TV comedians who are a very famous and succesful duo (though their act is nothing else than one of the guys slapping the face of the other guy) but who grew to hate (and really hate) each other to death. The duo is played by Santiago Segura and El Gran Wyoming, two famous comedians in Spain. Segura, the fat guy in the duo and the one who gets slapped, is famous there for the Torrente films, in which he plays an hilariously corrupt cop. This movie is only mildly funny, and I'm not sure it would travel well outside spanish speaking countries. January 1, 2008

no tan cómica como las otras de Segura

La compré creyendo que era tan buena como la trilogía de Santiago Segura: "Torrente" ,pero no me pareció tan buena y es muy pesada. December 3, 2007

Wonderfully deranged movie

While I can't speak very well about this DVD, I can say that this movie had me laughing to tears.
It tells the story of a comedy duo who become extremely popular, not to mention rich. They work very much like every famous comedy duo, with a clown and a straight man, like Abbot and Costello. You would think this would make them happy, but seeing as how most of their comedy comes from the straight man slapping, punching, or otherwise hurting the clown, the hate begins to grow.

Darkly funny, this film is perfect for anyone who likes dark humor. January 19, 2006

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