DUNSTON CHECKS IN (1996) ** I like Dunston. I hope Dunston likes me. Dunston is an orangutan. Do you like Dunston? Dunston likes you. Dunston is funny. And good. Ok, it's all about that level, Jason Alexander maintaining the artistic cruise altitude at a decidedly sub-Seinfeld level, but also not a subterranean one. The monkey's faces are very funny, but not as funny as Rupert Everett's-and no, I'm not being insulting, he's successfully trying to make a mockery of the British upper crust. Faye Dunaway exhibits far too much charm to be Leona Helmsley but she's a proper and repugnant bitch just the same. Oooh, don't you just hate her! Dunston doesn't like Dunaway. Living in a big hotel looks like it might be fun. I remember thinking how cool it was that David Bowie lived in hotels back in the days. I think I'd rather live on a cruise ship though. Not a great film for a ten page term paper, but not a bad chance to sit around laughing with your kids.
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