meairton-39463

In the late 80s, a friend who had repeatedly recommended movies to me that I didn't like made me a promise: if I watched Ishtar with him and didn't like it, he'd never recommend another movie to me.

I watched it with him, and have seen it many times since. And, as per the promise, that friend went on to recommend numerous other movies to me in the subsequent years.

It's funny, silly, and highly entertaining. And it's weird when a critical dog-piling gains so much steam that it completely flattens a movie. Should it have won major awards? No, probably not. But there are far, far worse ways to spend two hours than watching two legendary Hollywood actors clearly having a blast making a movie together.

Leave your preconceived notions at the door, sit back and watch. You'll probably enjoy yourself.