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Martin Mull as Colonel Mustard
Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet
Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock
Christopher Lloyd as Professor Plum
Michael McKean as Mr. Green
Madeline Kahn as Mrs. White
Director is Jonathon Lynn
Review Date is July 6, 2002
Comedy-Wadsworth, the butler of a mansion, invites the six guests over for a party. But, they find out that they are all being blackmailed by some person. That person is Mr. Boddy. When someone kills him, the race is on to find the murderer. But, he's not the only one who dies. They split up into pairs, and from then on they must find the killer while zany comedy ensues.
10/10-The funniest movie I have ever seen. It has non-stop laughs from beginning to end. I always loved the board game, and the movie is better than the game! This introduced me to the famous comedic actor, whom I have grown to love. I can't decide on a favorite. The casting is perfect, I can't think of anyone else to play these roles.
*possible spoilers below*
I loved the chemistry that was brought on by the pairs. Mull and Warren were great, snapping comments at each other ("search me"), the "chemistry" between Lloyd and Brennan ("it's you and me, honeybunch"), the hate-hate relationship between McKean and French maid Yvette (played by Colleen Camp) ("gone? i'd be right behind you"), and the part I loved most of all was Kahn/Curry. I loved Madeline Kahn (especially in Young Frankesntein, "taffeta darling"), and she's the greatest in this. Curry is great too as the butler. All in all, I can't think of a funnier movie than this. It's not like comedies today, with aroused teens professing their love to baked goods. It's humor with some slapstick, but overall just a fun time.
One more note: I averted from my "five stars" on the list of actors because no single one was more important than the next.
Rated PG for some language and comic violence.