1987 · comedy · sci-fi
Spaceballs
Directed by Mel Brooks1h 36m1987
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Our read: Spaceballs (1987) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- inventive
- funny
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“You want Mel Brooks at peak silliness spoofing space opera with zero shame.”
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