Fun with Dick and Jane

Especially memorable are the fashion show, the celebratory dinner (with food stamp inspector), and the performance of Carmen. But good spots in this film are too frequent to cite!

The film is good humored, wry and witty, and altogether diverting!


Fun with Dick and Jane   April 3, 2002
jmhorn (Osan Air Base, South Korea)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

If properly promoted, this comedy would have been a major hit. I'm hoping and waiting for a DVD as are 3 others that I know of. Everyone that I have shown my VHS tape of it, loves the movie. In fact I've had this tape floating around with my movie buff friends for a long time and I'm sorry that it is showing its age. I'm just afraid that this is one of those wonderful movies that are going to get lost forever. Watching it once just doesn't allow the viewer to catch all of the spoofs on life. It's even more enjoyable after a second and third time, because of it.


Hysterically funny and clever!!   April 23, 2002
Teresa (Santa Rosa, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I actually saw this at the theater when it first came out. I nearly wet my pants laughing. It's a little dated in styles now but still just as funny as ever. I'm sure everyone can relate to some of the scenes. One of my all time favorite movies and I am waiting to buy it on DVD!


One of my favorite movies   December 5, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Charming and still funny. Sadly unknown. If you watch this alongside "Klute," you'll see how versatile Jane Fonda is.
RELEASE THE DVD!


Yes, where's the DVD version of this great movie ?   November 6, 2002
Jerry Snyder (Reading, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this recently wondering if the fun would still be there after a few decades. Sometimes things have to be rethought, updated. "Dick and Jane" still works all by itself. We might be conditioned to think of Jane Fonda for her dramatic roles, but she is a superior comedian and does a superb job as Jane.

I consider it one of the top movies of all time -- but many people need weight and heft before they will stake any such claim. If you are one of those, I'm sorry. I will always love this film.

If anyone knows how to campaign for a DVD version, let us know. A few other reviewers have asked for a DVD version, I see.

One reason I wanted to write this review is that I recently saw "The Morning After" and was surprised that my opinion was so different than most reviews I researched. This is a fine look at Jane Fonda's ability by Sidney Lumet. I think a lot of people misunderstand what they are seeing, however. If you don't "get it" you might not appreciate the brilliance of this performance: we don't know who Fonda is portraying for most of the movie. Seeing an actor is most often like receiving a specially prepared gift. The actor's work ususally supplies a lot of "givens" to the developing story. Not the case in "The Morning After." Here, we are challenged rather than coddled to. Only near the end do we find that the character's history includes more than the status of a "ne'er-been" TV walk-on actress.

I was will be thinking about this movie for days and watching it again. And watching "Fun with Dick and Jane" more, too. Both of these films should make you proud of a job well done by Jane Fonda.