the vibe
Michael Elias’s Typical Vibe
2 films — brisk, hopeful, gentle, easy, playful
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CriticCrunch has 2 Michael Elias titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile.
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Dir. Carl Reiner · With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri