Years ago, a friend of mine and his wife were in town over the holidays. We decided to go to a movie. I think my friend and i wanted to see some new Star Trek movie or something - and his wife had some other movie in mind.
Well, we decided to compromise and see a movie that no one knew anything about. It was "Mixed Nuts".
It was so bad that it was stunning. I don't remember the movie anymore - i only vaguely remember a bride and a bowling ball, but I don't remember it. But I do remember how only one person in the theater seemed to be laughing at the humor. And I do remember how we laughed afterward about - not the movie, but how bad and predictable it was.
If we had known how each other had felt, we probably would have just walked out.
It was by far the worst movie I ever saw. And since that time, I developed a new approach to watching movies with friends - Either the friend chooses or I choose, but we don't compromise. I would rather know that at least one of us is enjoying it.
Now, I suppose that I should go back and see this again sometime just to know what it was that I disliked. I'm not sure I could sit through it - even in my own home. But it is nice to know I have a low-water mark for my ratings.

this was the only movie i ever walked out of the theater for. it couldnt have been any more unfunny. worst jokes ever. i almost want to watch it right now and see if it truly is as bad as i remember. possibly the worst movie ive ever seen.

I agree - really bad. Almost finished watching it now and I don't think I've laughed one time. And it's not the acting which is passable at least. It's the horrible writing and lack of any substantial plot. Am I really supposed to believe that Phillip and Catherine like each other? There was absolutely no apparently chemistry between them until all of a sudden it came out that Catherine had always liked him. Am I to believe that these lunatics run a 'lifesavers' organization? Can't do it. I was very surprised that the rating was 5 and that most of the threads on the message board aren't about how bad it is! The only reason I'm watching it 'til the end is because I like seeing Venice as I lived in Socal and miss the heck out of it.

This movie was pure beep Anyone who likes it has zero taste in comedy.

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That could be peer pressure/mob mentality, or just the experience of seeing the rest of you enjoying it.
I just saw Rita Wilson's joke tweet about the movie, so now I kinda want to see it.

Amazing, becasue this has become a family tradition in our home. Every year, we sahre this with a new person and they ALWAYS agree, this is a new holiday favorite.
We all find it very funny and we always laugh out loud.

Agreed. It's doubly disappointing to me because I saw it as a kid and thought it was absolutely hilarious. It was one of those movies I always meant to buy and always forgot to and I'm so glad I did. Madeline Kahn (RIP) is, of course hilarious but she could read a phone book out loud and I would pay gobs of money to see it. Liev Schreiber is pretty decent too but they can't save this movie. It's like watching a high school play.

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This is the only film I ever heard of where someone asked for a refund and got it. Friend of mine went to see it when it came out and walked out after fifteen minutes. Got the refund, no argumentkid just said "Oh.yeah.that movie.ok."

I LOVED this film!!! SO quaint and chirpy!!
And Liev Schreiber??? What a way to get noticed from your first film!!! He was excellent!!
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you people are absolutely crazy. This movie was hilarious. It had so many funny moments. Madeline Kahn was incredibly funny and i think the real star of the movie. Yes it was offbeat. Yes it was odd. And yes it was strange but thats what made it so funny. The only thing i would have changed was adam sandler. His role was horribly annoying and i fast forwarded whenever he went into his dumb songs. It would have been better without him.

This was a poor film and Martin must have fired his agent soon after!!
Its that man again!!

You must be too young MrsStevemurray, to remember Steve martin before his hair went all white, but that was how it looked back then without a dye job.
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seriously, its as if these people went in expecting a coherent drama plot or somethingits a zany comedy and was a great laugh

There were many blunders in it. However, Madeline Kahn is truly hilarious, Steve Martin is better than he is most of the time, and Liev Schreiber? Awe-some!
I just bought this on DVD the other night, it's something I'll watch for Christmas every year. I can understand why it isn't more popular, though.
Best part of the movie: the Christmas tree episode towards the end. Who agrees?
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I totally agree. This movie is one of my favorites!! It's too bad more people haven't seen it!!!

Wow.
Your tastes are different.
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Wow! Such hatred from every single poster!
I can hardly walk by this without saying I absolutely loved this movie! I thought the plot was funny, the actors were excellent and most of the scenes were brilliant!
I'd like to know why you guys all hated it so much, other than "it sucked". Anyone care to elaborate?
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Use the cuspidor-a
What do you think it's for-a?"

I'm at home watching it right now, for the first time. In my opinion, this thing tries hard, but is painfully unfunny. What's with Steve Martin's hair? It looks like the dye job is coming off. I did get a solid laugh from the great Madeline Kahn just now. She could make anything funny. What a loss.

I saw this movie when it first came out in theatres. I was a senior in high school and I recommended to a bunch of my buddies that we go see it since it had Steve Martin in it, so it had to be funny. Everyone was in agreement that this was one of the worst wastes of time we'd ever taken part in and to this day, I still catch slack for it.
Anytime a conversation about a movie comes up, it's a sure bet someone will say "Well, it's no Mixed Nuts, but"

Try to catch the original one instead. It's called "Le pre nol est une ordure" and if you understand french (I don't know if you can have it with english subs) you'll see that it's 10000 times funnier than this piece of crap!

This was UTTERLY AWFUL. I checked it out because I like Ephron's work and I totally regret having watched it.
It's the kind of movie that instantly puts you in a very bad mood, after realising not only have you wasted good money hiring it, but you've just lost a couple of hours of your life that you can never get back.
No redeeeming features whatsoever. It's not funny, romantic, plausible and the characters are fundamentally unlikeable.
Ditch this crap.

I have to agree - ouch! It's almost as though the director told otherwise great actors to suck.