Comedies involving Richard Pryor
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This section is for comedies involving Richard Pryor as an actor, director or writer. By default the movies are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.
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Richard Pryor is said to have been born on Sunday 1 December 1940 and to have died on Saturday 10 December 2005, at the age of 65 years and 9 days.
Titles involving Richard Pryor sorted by Laugh-o-meter (descending)
Richard Pryor was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
48 years old.
See no Evil, Hear no Evil
1989 |
USA | Laughs: 3.3 (Broken Comedies) |
imdb: 6.9
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A blind man (Richard Pryor) and a deaf man (Gene Wilder) witness a murder. Now they must escape the killers and convince the police of their innocence. I wanted these guys to make me laugh, but they didn't. One thing that intrigued me: the gratuitous swearing, pioneering for 1989, swearing which would have made it hard for the film to reach the audience best suited to it—children between the ages of eight and thirteen.
(Last viewed: May 2011)
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Richard Pryor was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
35 years old.
Car Wash
1976 |
USA | Laughs: 2.5 (Light-Hearted) |
imdb: 6.2
wikipedia |
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who was involved?
Set around a car wash business as the title suggests, this movie feels a bit like a sitcom condensed to the ninety minutes of a feature film. The antics of the staff are not hilarious, but the movie is fun for a number of reasons—the 1970s texture, the gritty working class setting, the African-American culture, a sighting of George Carlin and a pumping soundtrack. Car Wash!
(Last viewed: March 2013)
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Richard Pryor was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
41 years old.
The Toy
1982 |
USA | Laughs: 2.0 (Chuckle) |
imdb: 5.9
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A magnate's son convinces his father to hire a grown man to be his toy for a week. The movie is light-hearted but a bit chaotic for my taste, a trademark of John Landis, whose comedies don't tend to be my cup of tea.
It's a long while since I've seen the original after which this movie was made, the 1976 French film
Le Jouet, and even though it didn't leave me with lasting impressions, given that it featured Pierre Richard in his golden years I'm fairly certain it was superior to the remake on most counts, especially the one that matters the most: laughs.
(Last viewed: April 2020)
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Richard Pryor was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
44 years old.
Brewster's Millions
1985 |
USA | Laughs: 2.0 (Chuckle) |
imdb: 6.6
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A man is the beneficiary of a huge inheritance that comes with a caveat: to keep it, he must spend thirty million dollars over the course of thirty days. This premise leads to extravagant expenses that are inherently funny, but I can't help but feel that more could have been made of the situation. Although likeable in the role, Richard Pryor gave the worst performance of his that I've seen on film.
Watchable, but with low expectations.
(Last viewed: April 2020)
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