Review – My Favorite Year

For a goofy, Neil-Simon-esque comedy directed by Richard Benjamin, this actually isn’t all that bad. Peter O’Toole is the main draw here; he plays a boozy, has-been actor (big stretch) who somehow manages to be just as charming and perfect on every occasion as the swashbuckling heroes he used to play. Normally this sort of mawkish sentimentality would be a big turn-off for me, but for some odd reason here it seems to work. I was particularly fond of the scene in which our hero, overcome with alcohol and stage fright, yells “I’m not an actor! I’m a movie star!” Though obviously not an enduring classic of the cinema arts, this is an entertaining bit of fluff that should fill the bill nicely if you’re in the mood for something entertaining and fluffy. Mildly amusing