This movie starts decently. The first A&C scene is an amusing one in which Costello screws up a magic act. It's completely idiotic, but it's funny, which can also be said of a scene in prison.
But as the movie continues, the funniness contracts as the stupidity expands. By the time the duo is running around the titular harem I was thoroughly bored. I gave up on the movie altogether about a third of the way through, annoyed the the lack of laughs combined with a particularly dumb story.
The movie is slickly made, with tolerable musical numbers, but it's decidedly weak in terms of A&C films.
But as the movie continues, the funniness contracts as the stupidity expands. By the time the duo is running around the titular harem I was thoroughly bored. I gave up on the movie altogether about a third of the way through, annoyed the the lack of laughs combined with a particularly dumb story.
The movie is slickly made, with tolerable musical numbers, but it's decidedly weak in terms of A&C films.