Another You

There was always a certain charm and dynamic energy to the teaming up between Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, however "Another You" never really kicked into gear and went up to where their other movies together were. And it was a shame.

At the time this film was made, Richard Pryor was ill and had but a few years to live Gene Wilder was a man in his late sixties. Without knowing these facts until a moment ago, my reaction to the film was that Pryor lacked the energy that had characterized his earlier performances Wilder still performed with zest, yet, it would seem to me, the phenomenon of which George Burns(regarding he and his wife, Gracie) and Jerry Lewis, among others, have spoken, that at a certain age, the characters with whom once they were very successful, now were too young for them to play credibly.

By any measure this is an atrocious movie. Pryor -- who already had MS basically walks thru his role and Wilder has a giant mullet 'fro.

After 3 successful collaborations together, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor came together for the final time in Maurice Phillips's 1991 film Another You. The two definitely did not save the best for last in this story of mistaken identity.

Unpleasant final teaming of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Mr.

But Richard was on so many drugs. Interestingly it adds another layer to the movie but we can only wonder how great it would've been if he wasn't high out of his mind.

Something of a low-budget allegory, interestingly laid out, dealing with the acceptance each of us must find when confronted in life with deep disappointment and despair. You can (and must) wallow unhappily for awhile, as is only human---but to survive and come through the other side, you eventually have to accept that things can't be forced or molded into the shapes/situations you desire, no matter how much you want them to be.

Familiar sci-fi tropes such as parallel universes and string theory are explored through the idea of deja vu. Starts as a low budget, made for TV romance with unfamiliar actors and slowly develops into an obsession riddled pseudo sci-fi thriller where Sydney, the female lead, compulsively attempts to recapture lost love.

I'm totally suspicious to write about Pryor & Wilder, l love their pictures, probably the best comic duo ever, black and white, con and nice guy, the immoral and the moralistic, they are quite opposite each other, but they complete themselves, although they weren't close friends in real life, Pryor is my favorite black actor for all times, he makes jokes about own skin, fantastic, priceless, sadly he is no longer among us after snort tons of cocaine, but Pryor is a definitive Hero to me!!!