One can imagine talented actors getting together for fun in an empty space to do something just because they like it. This has that feel. As you can see, Tucci gathered together a pretty good cast in a comedy set during the golden age of silent film. Whether the comedy works or not is going to be a personal taste matter. What does work for me is watching (future) well known names and faces play.

As others have pointed out, The Imposters is a comedy, but it's not a comedy in the "A Fish Called Wanda" or "Dumb and Dumber" vein. It's a sophisticated, frothy comedy that hearkens back to the days of "Bringing Up Baby" or "Merrily We Live." So if you enjoyed that type of comedy, this is for you.Oliver Platt and Stanley Tucci (who wrote, directed, and produced) play two out of work actors in the 1930s. When they try to make a bakery owner angry enough to throw pastries at them, they fail, and instead are given two tickets to a bad actor's (Alfred Molina) Hamlet. Their insults of him in a bar are enough to send them hiding in a boarding box. They fall asleep and when they open the box, they find they're on a steamship headed for Paris.As stowaways, the enlist the help of one of the workers (Lily Taylor) who has a pseudo-Nazi (Campbell Scott) chasing her around, so they have to be careful. Hiding in different rooms, they encounter two murderers (Allison Janey and Richard Jenkins), who plan on killing an old woman for her money. She is on the ship hoping her miserable daughter can find a man. Her daughter does - a suicidal singer named Happy Franks (Steve Buscemi). There is also a Russian bomber (Tony Shalhoub) disguised as a first mate, a princess (Isabella Rosselini) who has been dethroned, a sheik, and a Greco- Roman wrestler. And let's not forget that Hamlet himself is in need of a sea voyage to recover from his bad performances.Some real laugh-out-loud moments in this film, with delightful performances from Tucci, Platt, Shalhoub, and Buscemi especially.If you like the old comedies, check this one out.

When I first watched this I didn't really grab my attention, but then I couldn't stop thinking about it. Within three about I went from thinking is was so-so, to loving it. I guess I can understand why some people don't like it, as I didn't at first. I love the humor in it. I especially love the songs Steve Buscemi and Hope Davis sing. Along with those two songs the soundtrack to this movie is great. I say, give it a chance and watch it twice. It also stars the wonderful Lili Taylor, Elizabeth Bracco and Tony Shalhoub. One of my favorite parts was the dancing at the end to Skokiaan by Louis Armstrong. I just really liked it.

25 minutes into this film, I decided to look it up on IMDb. I was expecting a comedy, not a talent-less imitation of Stan & Laurel or french film. OK, 30 minutes, but still not smiling!This turned out to be the most awful film in the comedy genre, I have ever seen.Woody Allen appearing in this film should give me a clue, but apparently his appearance was "uncredited". It may have scared me off on beforehand, or at least lowered to my expectations for entertainment. Probably some of his wives are in the film too.At least now I know, that Stanley Tucci has no comic talent whatsoever. If he is ever on a cast for a supposed comedy, I will know to avoid it. Well, more than 40 minutes wasted on this film.