Well, my first question must be "When did Matthew Broderick become a comedian?" Sure he's done Ferris Bueller, Cable Guy and such - but there he plays fairly straight characters in a comedic story. The closest he's gotten to play a comical character as far as I know, was Inspector Gadjet.
In this movie he and Uma Thurman (and believe me, I have nothing against either him or Uma) seem to suffer from lack of confidence in their singing/dancing and partly comedic talent. Watching extra material on DVD you can find some remarks by Matthew indicating a slight distrust in his abilities. When it comes to Uma I think you best see it when she steps in in front of the German army during the big springtime-for-Hitler-act. If you look at her face it lacks the comfort so readily found in Nathan Lane.
It feels like Uma and Matthew got thrown in there to get some household names on the posters. Apart from them the casting is brilliant. Nathan Lane never disappoints, Gary Beach and Roger Bart are tremendous, and Will Ferrell surprises at least me with his singing performances.
All in all it's OK movie with some charm, but more appropriate casting for the parts of Leo Bloom and Ulla would have brought it up a couple of extra notches!
In this movie he and Uma Thurman (and believe me, I have nothing against either him or Uma) seem to suffer from lack of confidence in their singing/dancing and partly comedic talent. Watching extra material on DVD you can find some remarks by Matthew indicating a slight distrust in his abilities. When it comes to Uma I think you best see it when she steps in in front of the German army during the big springtime-for-Hitler-act. If you look at her face it lacks the comfort so readily found in Nathan Lane.
It feels like Uma and Matthew got thrown in there to get some household names on the posters. Apart from them the casting is brilliant. Nathan Lane never disappoints, Gary Beach and Roger Bart are tremendous, and Will Ferrell surprises at least me with his singing performances.
All in all it's OK movie with some charm, but more appropriate casting for the parts of Leo Bloom and Ulla would have brought it up a couple of extra notches!