"Little Shop of Horrors"

For most movies a certain level of suspended reality must be adhered to. For any musical, that level of suspended reality must be increased exponentially. What's great about "Little Shop of Horrors" is that they accept that this is not reality, that singing in life is absurd, a mean green mother from outer space is absurd, and present this movie in an absurd way. This movie being based on a stage play, the story is limited on what you can do on stage. The movie didn't try to change that. This movie was probably shot on the same sized area as a stage play. Now, before I go further let me say that all this that I'm saying is a good thing. A great thing. This is a fantastic little movie. I'm not saying these things as drawbacks to the movie. I'm saying them as praise for the movie. Rick Moranis was surprising as far as singing goes, not that he was extraordinary, but he was good. Ellen Greene may have sounded more irritating than Fran Drescher, but perfectly complimentary to Rick Moranis' Seymour. Cameos by numerous individuals added to the good time that this movie was I'm still humming "Suddenly Seymour" and probably will be for the next week. I think that's a good sign. This movie didn't try to be something that is wasn't, it tried to be exactly what it was and it succeeded. This is a campy, fun musical with good, memorable songs, and exaggerated and silly characters.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/