The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

"For love or mummy", in a remake of the old series, tells the story of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh in search for his eternal wife and how the two are trying to save the innocent woman from her curse, causing all kinds of trouble and chaos on their way, of course.I was a bit skeptical about a remake of such a famous series, because it always has a touch of making money with it. After giving this one a try, though, I have to admit that a lot of love and effort was put into the movie and some of the slapstick elements indeed match the humour the series is famous for. The movie certainly doesn't have a strong plot or very sophisticated jokes. The special effects bear the smell of the 90s and in general you have to cope with a lot of nonsense. Nevertheless I really had fun with it and if you don't go into the movie with all too high expectations, I think you can have a good time.All in all this is something especially for slapstick fans. If you can accept new films of this series and liked the humor and style of the older titles, you can at least see this as a nice bonus.

This attempt to update the classic comedy partnership for a new generation simply isn't very funny due to the weak writing and lacklustre material. It takes two Laurel & Hardy imitators and throws them in the middle of a frankly puerile story involving evil foreigners, a re-animated mummy, and even a random CGI snake at the climax. Whether you find all this funny or not depends on your taste for comedy, but I'm afraid I thought it was pretty awful.The good thing about this is that Bronson Pinchot and Gailard Sartain do passable imitations of the famous duo, with Pinchot capturing Stan's voice and mannerisms remarkably well. What a pity, then, that they don't get to go through many of the classic slapstick routines. Most of the jokes consist of them bumbling around or falling over, and there's none of the wittiness of the old 1930s version. The poor writing is particularly noticeable in the dialogue scenes between the pair. Most of all you just feel sorry for F. Murray Abraham for appearing in this.

Isn't it a tad odd that a L&H remake would use a plot that is so typically Abbott & Costello?Yeah, the story is absolute crap, but the two leads really ARE dead ringers for the original duo. My one beef with their very decent mimicry is that Hardy only gives one trademark reaction look of frustration at the audience. This thing is by NO means great, but it's definitely worth a look.

Maybe I am just too much of a Laurel & Hardy fan, but i found this thing on HBO and thought I was hallucinating. This was awful!!! Has Bronson Pinchot's career sunk so low that he must do this? A Stan Laurel impression???? Yikes! And Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham doing a small burn as these lame Laurel & Hardy copycats do their shtick was almost too painful to watch. All this movie emphasized was how GREAT and UNIQUE the original men were. This movie should never have been made. For goodness sakes, if you want to watch them, rent their classic movies, Music Box, Sons Of the Desert, Brats, etc.