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For the span of five years , Steve MartinandCarl Reinercombined their fabled gift to collaborate on four major film contributions to the comedy musical genre . An established figurehead in the world of entertainment , Carl Reiner received endless honors and accomplishment for near seven ten of oeuvre as an histrion , stand up - up comic , director , and screenwriter . From early performance on the 1950s popular television seriesYour Show of Showsto the creation of the American sitcomThe Dick Van Dyke Showand notable credits on classics likeFatal Instinct(1993),Toy storey 4 ( 2019)and theOcean’strilogy , it comes as no surprise that Reiner inspired intact generation of performers .
Steven Martin was one of Reiner ’s many devotees whose love for funniness and perceptiveness of Reiner ’s commitment to the mastery of the literary genre influenced him to become a comedic force on his own . Martin not only cherishedReiner ’s dependable film and idiot box contributionsin amusement but also his unrivalled personality ( as see in hisNew York Timesop - ed ) . Fortunately , well before Reiner ’s passing in 2020 , Martin was able to cooperate with the Hollywood legend on four pic that , asunder from being considerable achievements in his own vocation , became decisive representations of funniness films .
4The Man With Two Brains
In 1983 , Reiner releasedThe Man With Two Brains , a science - fable mordant clowning he head and co - wrote the screenplay for ; Martin was at its helm as the principal character , Dr. Hfuhruhurr . Arguably one ofMartin ’s good characters , Hfuhruhhurr is a brain sawbones who uses his expertise to save the life-time of a gold - turn over femme fatale he later espouse . The zany comedy was generally well - receive by audience , and , as the motion picture was co - write by Martin as well , it was and continues to be a basis for endless laugh and uproarious merriment .
3Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
A few age beforeThe Man With Two Brains , Reiner and Martin get together onDead man Do n’t fall apart Plaid . Dead Men Do n’t weary Plaidwas more of an luxuriant parody than a pure drollery ( likeThe Man With Two Brains ) , but the flaky plot line that travel along Martin as a detective who ’s hired to solve the mystery of a missing cheese Jehovah made for the sodding portmanteau of farce and neo - noir mystery . Martin ’s crafty public presentation in the function of Rigby Reardon , combine with the internalisation of footage from vintage movie , situatedDead Man Do n’t weary Plaidas the double-dyed parody and homage to detective - era movies .
2All Of Me
Alongside Lily Tomlin , one of the stars of the successful Netflix seriesGrace and Frankie , Martin performed in the body - swop clowning , All Of Me . The lovable motion picture feature Tomlin as a dying heiress bring up Edwina and Martin as her lawyer , Roger ; together , they decide to bequeath Edwina ’s someone to a woman unforced to give up her body for Edwina to know on , but when Edwina dies , her someone unexpectedly dwell half of Roger ’s body . With the highestRotten Tomatoescritics account of all of Martin and Reiner ’s quislingism at 85%,All of Mewas celebrated for Martin and Tomlin ’s iconic performance and Reiner ’s careful consideration of the film ’s odd premise .
1The Jerk
Despite facing controversy due to its dependence on race comedy and beau comedianBill Murray famously criticize the Steve Martin classic , The Jerkhas add up to be known as a drollery staple . The Jerkis the most favour Martin / Reiner film among viewers that has acquired a towering 84%Rotten Tomatoesaudience score ; it is about a white piece who was erect by a Black family and relocation to St. Louis to find himself . On the surface , The Jerkwas only a concept of Martin ’s that total to fruition once he chose Reiner to direct and envisage the screenplay with American film notables , Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias .
However , once the movie got off the ground , The Jerkbecame a drollery classic that has established an everlasting legacy . It is often admired as Martin ’s secure comedic effort and is considered by some to be one of the funniest film of all meter . Of all ofSteveMartinandCarl Reiner’smovies , The Jerkis held in higher compliments with audiences but was just the commencement of a five - year - foresighted collaboration of comedy legends .
germ : New York Times , Rotten Tomatoes
