I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025)

An impartial look at the comedic actor known for playing bumbling, arrogant characters with his trademark acerbic wit, from his beginnings with National Lampoon to his meteoric rise on Saturday Night Live; and the flourishing film career at the height of his popularity, before his perceived fall from grace. 

I've always liked Chevy Chase. Even when the world says you shouldn't like 'this person' because of 'this, that or the other.' Honestly, I relate more to the outcasts than anything. Once you get past his thorny exterior, you realize he's full of contradictory layers; thin-skinned and sensitive to criticism, but just wants to be loved. Even when he rubs people the wrong way, there's a self-awareness of coping and pain behind his eyes. This doc features him, warts and all. My only complaint is that it feels like it merely scratches the surface.

3 pratfalls out of 5

DEATH BECOMES HER [1992]

Director Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her channels the same sort of black humour found in The War Of The Roses and throws a supernatural twist into it.
Action star Bruce Willis takes a back seat, while nerding it up, to allow Meryl Streep & Goldie Hawn to take center stage hamming it up in some deliciously bitchy fashion.  Zemeckis manages to juggle in your face gags with sublime humour that might slip under the radar for some.  As with nearly all the director's films, it's a special effects vehicle that is fortunately held up with a solid story and script.  It's not perfect but has some great performances and belly laughs to cement it as a cult classic.

3 "dead" celebrities out of 5