Life Stinks

Life Stinks
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMel Brooks
Screenplay byMel Brooks
Rudy De Luca
Steve Haberman
Story byMel Brooks
Ron Clark
Rudy De Luca
Steve Haberman
Produced byMel Brooks
Starring
CinematographySteven Poster
Edited byMichael Mulconery
David Rawlins
Anthony Redman
Music byJohn Morris
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States)
20th Century Fox (International)[1]
Release date
  • July 26, 1991 (1991-07-26)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million
Box office$4.1 million

Life Stinks is a 1991 American comedy film co-written, produced, directed by and starring Mel Brooks. It is one of the few Mel Brooks comedies that is not a parody, nor at any time does the film break the fourth wall (apart from a dance sequence midway through the film).[2] It co-stars Lesley Ann Warren, Howard Morris and Jeffrey Tambor. The original music score was composed by John Morris. The film was both a critical and a box-office flop, but has since taken a cult following among fans.

  1. ^ "Life Stinks (1991)". BBFC. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ Anderson, Ryan (June 14, 2015). "Filmmaker Retrospective: The Parody Cinema of Mel Brooks". Taste of Cinema. Retrieved July 20, 2018.