The Delicate Delinquent

Karthik

The first film Jerry Lewis made as a producer, bears in certain sequences his unmistakeably delirious stamp, but the squaring of his genius, at its best in the picaresque non-consequential modularity of the later films, into the round of a conventional narrative structure (a feat he would achieve later, for instance in Nutty Professor) here hurts rather than helps

SpacePirate

Just a so so Lewis comedy. Apparently the first he produced I was reading, it all does feel a bit amateurish and a far cry from his better films of the early 60s. Essentially a West Side Story spoof, there isnt much to recommend here unless you are a diehard fan. Some funny moments, but ultimately unsatisfying. 2.5 stars

Comadozer

Jerry is barely baby faced enough to pull this role off, but the beautiful black & white cinematography by Haskell Boggs helps. It is sappy, but a movie with sappy heart is better than a sloppy heart. Some great characters also. The mad professor upstairs Sidney assists may have contributed to a famous nutty professor role Lewis would portray in 1963.