A filthy-rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, but it proves to be tougher than he thought.A filthy-rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, but it proves to be tougher than he thought.A filthy-rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, but it proves to be tougher than he thought.
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- TriviaThe film's original title, "Life Sucks", was changed at the studio's insistence.
- GoofsIn the opening scene as Bolt reveals his building plans at a meeting, you can distinctly hear the laugh of Jefferey Tambor (Crasswell) twice but he is not shown.
- Quotes
Newscaster: ...the ceremony has erupted into pandemonium. As of yet, I'm not exactly sure what's happening...
Fumes: [snatching the mike] This is Fumes, reporting from downtown, and I'll tell you what's happenin'. The rich and famous are having a party in our neighborhood, and we fucked it up! Ha Ha!
[winks]
Fumes: Back to you, Walter...
Newscaster: Is this going out live? Are we live? Oh, jeez...
- Alternate versionsAlthough released with an uncut 12 certificate in UK cinemas, that rating did not exist for home video at the time, meaning VHS releases had to be upgraded to a 15 or cut for a PG. The latter course was chosen for Life Stinks, and one use of strong language was removed to allow the video to carry a PG rating. A home video 12 certificate had been introduced by the time of the DVD release, so it was an uncut 12 certificate.
But contrary to the above, I enjoyed it a lot. This is a charming movie. It didn't need to grow on me, I enjoyed it from the beginning. Mel Brooks gives a great performance as the lead character, I think somewhat different from his usual persona in his movies.
There's not a lot of knockout jokes or something like that, but there are some rather hilarious scenes, and overall this is a very enjoyable and very easy to watch film.
Very recommended.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Life Sucks
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles Soap Company - 500 block of Banning St, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(As the party for the Crasswell City groundbreaking. This demolished sight was once The Los Angeles Soap Company. Partially demolished in 1987, then completely by year of filming.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,102,526
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,920,215
- Jul 28, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $4,102,526
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1