The Toy Richard Pryor This movie is not about Jackie Gleason being a slave driver to Richard Pryor,it is just the opposite. Jack accepts the job of being erics "toy" for a good sum of money. The movie is a good flick i have enjoyed watching since I was a kid back in '83. I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it now. I must have seen this movie at least 50 times and I havent gotten tired of it yet. Its like a fine wine,gets better with age. Gleason and Pryor together in the same film. How could it miss? They have some really fine moments with the rest of the very funny cast. Some have objected to the story but if Pryor saw nothing wrong with the film I don't either. This is one of those wonderfully silly comedies from the 80s that takes me back. It's one of those films that's "never quite as funny as all that" but Pryor and Schwartz turn in good performances with eventually likeable characters. The friendship they form is great. Makes you feel good. So many people try to turn this movie into a battle about race. Lest we forget that Richard Pryor is the hero in this movie teaching the boy NOT to be racist, arrogant or judge people. In the end the Klan and the other racists get what they have coming to them. So enjoy this movie for what it is; Lighthearted, simple, fun and hysterical, nothing more and nothing less. absolutely one of the most delightful movies made. jacky gleason has a heart and it finally comes out. while richard prior is as usual the king of comedy. he beomes the toy for a over privilage boy and soon learns he will be used as the boy wishes. he does teach him all about love and respect in the long run. i have watched this and shared it many times. The potentially hilarious teaming of Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason goes to waste in this depressing 1982 farce. Zero chemistry between the comic legends, with director Richard Donner straitjacketed by an offensively bad script. Though the Pryor-Gleason pairing guaranteed its box-office success, "The Toy" would represent a career nadir for both men.
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