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5.4 The Devil and Max Devlin
Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
The title character, a nasty landlord (Elliott Gould), is killed in a car accident and descends into hell. There he meets the Devil (Bill Cosby), who promises him his life back if he can find three people willing to sell their souls in three months.
Rating
PG
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Studio
Buena Vista
Writer
Mary Rodgers
- With Bill Cosby's life and career in tatters these days with a myriad of past date-rape accusations against the actor/comedian, I have been intrigued to investigate both his earlier filmic oddities and the comedic albums of his stand-up routines from years gone by. This was a decent, Disney (to add a touch of irony) comedy just before he was going to hit a purple patch in his life with the mega-success of 'The Cosby Show'. I wish when I came across them in a London music store a few years back, that I had pulled the trigger and bought a pair of jazz albums he had made with Quincy Jones. I have a feeling they would have proved a lot more interesting than this was.Reply
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- THE first movie my family ever rented. You know back in the day when you had to rent the VCR too. It came in a big bulky plastic case like a musical instrument. The kind that had the top that popped up so you had to slide the tape in and press the whole thing back down. Wow.Reply
- Not the best Disney there is but better then any of the crap Disney puts out today.Worth watching just to see Bill Cosby playing the devils right hand manReply
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- I just like this show for some reason. Maybe because it's a piece of my childhood history.Reply
- I am a huge Elliot Gould fan so I had to see this again. I remember it being a whole lot funnier when I was a kid!!Reply
- A splashy Disney curiosity. It's great seeing Bill Cosby as the Devil! Elliot Gould plays Max Devlin, a rotten man who is given the chance to save his own soul by finding others who are more evil. It's fun black comedy.Reply
- i thought this movie was good, but not exactly great... it definitely makes you think about what is really important in life...Reply
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