This movie was altogether twisted. Good, but twisted. However, it's great that Robin Williams did this kind of movie. He kind of killed himself by doing movies such as Bicentennial Man and Jack. Granted some of these movies were pretty funny, but he got to the point where he made too many of those movies. We needed to see the crazy-funny side to him that we saw in Good Morning Vietnam or The Fisher King. This film brings him back to those kinds of roles.
However, Williams character in this movie is pitiful. His acting is great, but the character he plays, by nature, is a egomaniac. He plays a kids TV show host, Rainbow Randolph, who gets caught by the FBI for taking bribes. His show is cancelled, and the network that carried his show tried to look for a TV show with a guy who was 100% clean cut without even the most minor offense to his or her name. So enters Smoochy, a purple rhinocerous played by Edward Norton, who is 100% clean and lives up to his image. He goes from Playing guitar in a drug rehab clinic to hosting a hugely successful kids show.
Randolph, pathetic as he is, tries to bring Smoochy down. However, in a complex twist of plot, Randolph's not the only one, and so tells this very dark comedy.
Williams is excellent as Rainbow Randolph. You see this guy as totally pathetic, and it's brilliant! Is is sort of a shocker to hear the same guy who played the Genie in Aladdin say "I'm Rainbow F**king Randolph!" every nwo and then, but Williams broke the mold. Good for him.
Edward Norton is also great as the clean cut but naive kids show icon. This part fit him pretty well, and he did a great job with it. There were some twists of the plot and reversals of good and evil in this movie, but overall the movie was not bad. For a dark comedy, it had a reasonably happy ending which was largely unexpected. However, it was a movie worth paying 8 bucks to see.
However, Williams character in this movie is pitiful. His acting is great, but the character he plays, by nature, is a egomaniac. He plays a kids TV show host, Rainbow Randolph, who gets caught by the FBI for taking bribes. His show is cancelled, and the network that carried his show tried to look for a TV show with a guy who was 100% clean cut without even the most minor offense to his or her name. So enters Smoochy, a purple rhinocerous played by Edward Norton, who is 100% clean and lives up to his image. He goes from Playing guitar in a drug rehab clinic to hosting a hugely successful kids show.
Randolph, pathetic as he is, tries to bring Smoochy down. However, in a complex twist of plot, Randolph's not the only one, and so tells this very dark comedy.
Williams is excellent as Rainbow Randolph. You see this guy as totally pathetic, and it's brilliant! Is is sort of a shocker to hear the same guy who played the Genie in Aladdin say "I'm Rainbow F**king Randolph!" every nwo and then, but Williams broke the mold. Good for him.
Edward Norton is also great as the clean cut but naive kids show icon. This part fit him pretty well, and he did a great job with it. There were some twists of the plot and reversals of good and evil in this movie, but overall the movie was not bad. For a dark comedy, it had a reasonably happy ending which was largely unexpected. However, it was a movie worth paying 8 bucks to see.