qantarot on Nostr: ‘This is not only a musical and a comedy, as we expected, but also a revue of ...

‘This is not only a musical and a comedy, as we expected, but also a revue of sorts: Comic actors such as Bill Murray, John Candy and James Belushi have walk-ons, and Steve Martin almost steals the show as a sadistic, motorcycle-riding dentist. Yet at the heart of the movie is a basic sweetness, an innocence that extends even to the centerpiece of the story, which is a man-eating plant named Audrey II.’

BTW, the movie is a remake of a Roger Corman classic featuring Jack Nicholson. And the music was written by Alan Menken, who later became the most celebrated Disney composer. Surprisingly, Ebert doesn’t mention any of this in his 1986 review.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-shop-of-horrors-1986