
A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.... (Full plot summary below)
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A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
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| Battleship PretensionDavid BaxRobert Downey Sr. eventually reveals that he's made a comedic satire that's hilarious, ugly and beguiling. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinAs a product of an unusually adventurous time in cinema history, Greaser's Palace has perverse appeal. As a comedy, it's virtually unwatchable. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyThe film, I'm told, cost close to $1-million, and it looks it, which depresses me even more than its witlessness. |
| User ReviewChuck BRobert Downey Sr. directed this amazing take on biblical material, after his other somewhat popular yet wonderfully eccentric "Putney Swope" in 1969. Allen Arbus, probably most recognized as Major Sidney Freedman, a psychiatrist in the TV series M*A*S*H, plays the role of Christ as a Zoot-suited nomad on his way to Jerusalem to be "an actor-singer-dancer". As he first appears in the film parachuting near a covered wagon in the old west, you know you're in for something special. This has midnight movie written all over it, and remains to this day one of my favorite films. |
| User ReviewTio BThis film has been identified as the leading cause of Exploding Head Syndrome. It's quite simple, really: If you don't like GREASER'S PALACE, you don't deserve to live. |
| User ReviewJeff BJesus. A classic. Bingo gas station cheeseburger with a side of aircraft noise and you'll be gary indiana. |
| User ReviewGreg Schrist -like figure wearing a zoot suit parachutes down in the wild west to sing and dance and bring people back to life. this strange film brought to us by robert downy sr. has got to be seen to be believed. its a trip!!!!!!!!!!! |
| User ReviewAnders YChock-full of metaphors, so much so that you probably won't catch everything it's referencing. Hell, even after multiple viewings, I still don't know what's going on for about half of this movie. No surprise; it WAS produced by Playboy. |
| User Reviewdeus dWorth showing to friends for the stunned, confused silence immediately after it's over. |
| User ReviewMichael DUndoubtedly one of the most bizarre American movies ever made (and directed by Robert Downey Snr. no less), 'Greaser's Palace definitely bears a debt to 'El Topo' but even if it's not exactly 100% original it's still a 'mighty fine' way to spend 90 minutes and there is plenty here to amuse. Amidst the utterly fucked up goings-on, the dialogue is funny and there are some great one-liners. I'm not sure there is anything deeper beneath the surface weirdness but i enjoyed the ride all the same and arbis and the crotchety old irish guy are great. If you like weird shit then you will probably like this. |