The Ritz (film)

The Ritz is a 1976 American film directed by Richard Lester based on the play of the same name by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno, who had won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, and many others of the original cast like Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, and F. Murray Abraham, reprise their onstage roles in the film version. Also in the cast were Kaye Ballard and Treat Williams. The film, Jack Weston, and Rita Moreno all received Golden Globe nominations in the comedy category. It opened to mixed reviews.

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports thatof five surveyed critics gave the film a positive review the average rating was 5.610. Film critic Roger Ebert rated it 2.54 stars and wrote that the film desires to be a screwball comedy but lacks the manic pacing, and the material grows thin.

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