“A
fruitcake?”
“Yes.”
“Remarkably
like the one I gave you last year.”
Mixed Nuts takes place on Christmas Eve at a crisis
hotline. The crisis hotline is run by a guy named Philip (Steve Martin) who
just wants to help people. Christmas is a bit of a busy time for the hotline
because people are lonely. The call center is based out of an apartment building
and the landlord gives him an eviction notice since Philip has not paid the
rent in three months. Philip does not tell his co-workers Catherine (Rita
Wilson) and Mrs. Munchnik (Madeline Kahn) about the eviction.
Philip’s day gets weirder and weirder as it goes on. The hotline
gets really crazy calls, Mrs. Munchnik gets stuck in the elevator, Catherine’s
friend Gracie (Juliette Lewis) is in a fight with her baby-daddy Felix (Anthony
LaPaglia) who has been running around in a Santa suit all day, and a whole
bunch of other crazy things happen.
Mixed
Nuts is really, really silly. I bought it years ago and kept it because
Madeline Kahn is in it and I adore her way too much to get rid of it. She was
hilarious with her straight but silly humor. I nearly died when her character
was stuck in the elevator and she yells out to Catherine and Philip, “Hey
dickheads”. The story I found to be so-so I was not too thrilled with it. Mixed Nuts us worth watching at least
especially if you like Madeline Kahn.
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