A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist. It's the most outrageous musical comedy in years.
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for its supper.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- TheFilmCritics.orgon TMDB · Sep 20266/10
There’s a certain pleasure in watching a movie completely lose its mind and somehow keep singing through it, which is precisely the appeal of Little Shop of Horrors. Its premise is wonderfully deranged: a meek florist discovers a carnivorous plant that grows increasingly demanding, and naturally decides this is a problem he can manage. The result is a campy, colorful musical that is inventive enough to entertain even when its energy begins to wilt. The movie’s biggest strength is its sheer visual personality. The sets evolve alongside Audrey II, gradually turning the little flower shop into a grotesque botanical playground. The practical effects, animatronics, and elaborate puppetry are genuinely impressive, giving the plant a physical presence that modern CGI might have made less charming. Audrey II looks terrific for most of the movie, with a wonderfully expressive personality despite being, technically speaking, a giant talking plant. Unfortunately, the musical itself is more uneven. Some songs are undeniably catchy, particularly “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Suddenly Seymour,” and “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space.” But between those highlights are stretches that feel oddly slug
Read the whole review on TMDB - daniel_carron TMDB · Feb 20265/10
This was one of my favorite movies growing up! I still hate going to the dentist because of this. Of course the ending was changed in the version I watched as a child so I did some research and turns out they did a screening of the movie to an audience in the 1980's before releasing the movie of the original ending and they hated the original ending so they changed it. Actually, I prefer the changed ending not the original one. But still it is a fun movie, they don't make them like this anymore!
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Cast
- Rick MoranisSeymour Krelborn
- Ellen GreeneAudrey
- Vincent GardeniaMushnik
- Levi StubbsAudrey II (voice)
- Steve MartinOrin Scrivello, D.D.S.
- Tichina ArnoldCrystal
- Michelle WeeksRonnette
- Tisha CampbellChiffon
- Jim BelushiPatrick Martin
- John CandyWink Wilkinson
Crew
- Frank OzDirector
- Howard AshmanScreenplay
- Robert PaynterDirector of Photography
- Miles GoodmanOriginal Music Composer
- Alan MenkenOriginal Music Composer
- John JympsonEditor
- David GeffenProducer
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