Artists and Models [G]

Rick Todd is struggling to make it as an artist in the Big Apple, but thanks to his odd and childish friend Eugene, he’s about to make a splash in the world of comic books. Using Eugene’s original nightmares to create characters and a plot, Rick soon puts both their lives in danger as Eugene, unknowingly, spouts the secret formula for a space station that the Secret Service is constructing. Now Rick must save Eugene from some Russian spies who are eager to get their hands on the secret formula. 

Well, it’s earned a place in The Book, mainly for its clever satire and overdone clichés that funnily exaggerated the popular values of the 1950s. It had its moments, definitely, but I think it was a little too wacky and over-the-top for my liking. 

Rick Todd is struggling to make it as an artist in the Big Apple, but thanks to his odd and childish comic book-loving pal Eugene, he’s about to make a splash in the world of comic books. Using Eugene’s original nightmares to create characters and a plot. Rick soon puts both their lives in danger as Eugene, unknowingly, spouts the secret formula for a space station that the Secret Service is constructing. Now, Rick must save Eugene from some Russian spies who are eager to get their hands on the rest of the secret formula. 

This was a very cheesy and very over-exaggerated musical, but that’s what it was aiming to be, so we cannot look at that as a negative. 

The grandiose and exuberant performances from Jerry Lewis and Shirley MacLaine, which are countered nicely by the secure performances delivered by Dean Martin and Dorothy Malone, make Artists and Models a funny little film balanced between slapstick action and amorous romance. 

Starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eddie Mayehoff, and Eva Gabor, Artists and Models was a fun little movie that was filled with songs, extravagant costumes, romance, action, and heaps and heaps of comedy. A cute and clever little piece, it’s worth watching, but I don’t think I could watch it again and again.