Themes: Twins and Lookalikes, Sibling Relationships
Main Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Roy Dotrice, Roy Dotrice, Shelby Fiddis, Rikki Marin
Release Year: 1984
Country: US
Run Time: 87 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Filmed on location "Somewhere in France", this umpteenth version of Dumas' The Corsican Brothers stars the zoned-out comedy team of Cheech and Chong. Perhaps inspired by the Ritz Bros.' spin on The Three Musketeers, the duo retains enough of the original story (about twin brothers who feel one another's pain) to keep the plot going, but try to inject their own peculiar brand of humor throughout. The film's highlight is a duel with two loaves of stale bread. Yes, that's the highlight. Just as the 1930s comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey lost their audience when they dropped their risque humor and Prohibition gags, so too do Cheech and Chong falter when not indulging in the drug-oriented comedy which made them famous in the early 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The film was not a critical success, and is regarded by many of the duo's fans as vastly inferior to their earlier films.
It is also the first and only film of the comedy duo not to be rated "R".[citation needed]
Plot
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers opens with a rock band (whos two lead members are played by Cheech and Chong) performing with their band in the streets throughout parts of France. Disliking their brand of music, the locals pay off the band to vacate and shortly after the two lead band members meet a gypsy storyteller. She tells them the story of the Corsican brothers who attempt to overthrow a cruel member of a monarchy. After the story they continue to play in the streets and give an epic final performance before the credits start to roll.
