This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Melvin is a nice guy, but he is a total loser: unlucky, impractical and can't keep a job. One night, however, he helps an old man who has had a motorcycle accident in the desert. Melvin laughs when the old man says he is Howard Hughes, the eccentric multimillionaire. But when Howard Hughes dies, Melvin is mailed a will leaving him part of the estate!... (Full plot summary below)
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This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Melvin is a nice guy, but he is a total loser: unlucky, impractical and can't keep a job. One night, however, he helps an old man who has had a motorcycle accident in the desert. Melvin laughs when the old man says he is Howard Hughes, the eccentric multimillionaire. But when Howard Hughes dies, Melvin is mailed a will leaving him part of the estate!
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| Low IQ CanadianMartin ScribbsVery few movies are set so convincingly in America's working class. I believed, and liked, Melvin Dummar, milkman of the month, bargainer in good faith with the universe. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzDelightful in the affection it shows for its characters. |
| tonymacklin.netTony MacklinThe most engaging portrayal of Howard Hughes on film is not by Howard Hughes -- it's by Jason Robards, Jr. in Melvin and Howard. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe film offers a bittersweet commentary about chasing the American Dream of monetary success abd mobility and the constant attempt to rise above one's situation by naive and optimistic charcaters, not fully aware of their class limitations. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceShambling yet delicate, Demme's screwball tall tale gazes at TV contests and novelty ballads and sees not derisive kitsch but the warm connective tissue of human yearning |
| Spectrum CulturePat PaduaHypnotic shots of asphalt echo Two-Lane Blacktop, Easy Rider and other American road movies while forging its own human path - not of counterculture, but of connection. |
| Sight and SoundTim PulleineAffectionately good-humoured as much of the observation is... the film's eye is, if never savage, then sometimes at least moderately scathing. |
| The SpectatorPeter AckroydEverything is all right really -- it tells us -- as long as there are good guys like Melvin to add a little human decency and a touch of naive fun to the great game show of life. I found this melancholy, however, rather than inspiring. |
| User ReviewJ MGreat little film, with odd twists, including real picture of American oddballs. Gentle humor. highly recommended. |
| User ReviewFrances Ann AGreat little film, with odd twists, including real picture of American oddballs. Gentle humor. highly recommended. |
