Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. Those who denigrate this movie because it is so silly miss the point entirely. It is supposed to be silly. Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty are hilarious. There is slapstick humor, which I personally like. When the duo is singling in that club to impress their potential agent, Jack Weston, I thought I'd hurt myself for laughing so hard. When I realized that it was getting hard to find in rental stores, I got on the Internet and bought a copy. Enjoy! I don't see why this is considered the worst movie ever made. It's not bad, ok it's cheesy, but at least it is supposed to be cheesy. All I can say is I have seen a lot worse movies…Hey it made me laugh! The guys in Ishtar are the boring wallflowers of the world. They probably shouldn't be mocked, disgraced and beaten, but who really wants to spend close to two hours with them.
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