Real Men | | Cast : | James Belushi, John Ritter | | Director : | Dennis Feldman | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 01, 1987 | | DVD Released Date : | December 02, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | January 01, 2005 | | Summary | John Ritter's The Best!!! | Content
 | Since John Ritter is my all-time favorite actor, I decided to get this movie. I received it for X-mas and have since then seen it four times! The plot is simple: Bob and Nick need to bring a glass of water to some aliens or else the world is doomed. On their way to Washington D.C., (where they would meet the aliens) they fight off some clowns, shoot at some Russians, meet Nick's dad who recently changed his (or her...) sexuality, etc, etc.
OK, this movie may sound a little too stange for many people, but for those of you who like wacky comedies, go ahead and buy it. John is hilarious in it! I was rolling on the floor laughing throughout the movie. It is one of my favorite movies, if not my favorite. Recommended! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 16, 2004 | | Summary | Happy Pies! | Content
| This is a great movie. I would recommend buying it if you want your obscure, but memoreable eighties DVD collection to be complete. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 21, 2004 | | Summary | More features and Widescreen please. | Content
| Most folks missed this strange little comedy back in the 80's and it's distribution was scarce at best. After viewing it with college buddies back in the 90's I had to buy my copy at a used video store...for a buck. Ritter and Belushi are great together. Slapstick humor mixed with plain old off the wall comedic story telling makes this one of my favorite 'left of center' comedies. Neighborhood bullies, Russian spies, clown agents, pens from outer space, transexual family members, S&M mistresses, and a glass of water...add it up and you get 'Real Men'. The DVD looks weak though. No widescreen? Just the trailer? Ok granted, a making of documentary might not be needed for this one, but at least give us a double layer disc so we can choose wide or full. I doubt there will be a special edition of this coming from MGM anytime soon, but It would be nice. I guess I should thank them for putting it out at all. However considering the cult following of this movie and our feelings on the matter, MGM should "try to be more sensative". |
| Rating | | | Date | December 26, 2003 | | Summary | A Cut Above Other 80s Comedies | Content
| Ya gotta love MGM for releasing those "forgotten" films that we all grew up with like Mannequin for example. Real Men is one of those films that you probably caught yourself watching on HBO more than once back in the day. In fact, you probably don't even remember the name of the film, but remember John Ritter and Jim Belushi and the aliens and the glass of water, and of course the S&M girl. I've always loved this movie. It's one of the few I can still laugh at after all these years, and that's because it was exceptionally well written. Very witty and very funny, with two fantastic performances from it's leads. Why didn't writer/director Dennis Feldman ever go on to do anything else? Sure he was writer of the rotten sci-fi horror flick Virus with Jamie Lee Curtis, but I'm not sure he wants people to know that. If you missed this the first time around, I'd suggest renting it. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 05, 2003 | | Summary | Awesome movie, too bad it's not widescreen | Content
| This is perhaps my favorite John Ritter movie, other than Noises Off (which is coming out on DVD in December 2003). Unfortunately, the DVD was only released in "standard format", not widescreen. I'm not sure why this is, but I'm happy to have the movie in digital format anyway. |
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