Mirthful moments are too few and far between to compensate for an otherwise tedious, ragged mess of a movie, written by and co-starring "Monthy Python" alumnus Eric Idle.
Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace (Idle) is the heir to the British Bournemouth dukedom, displaced early in life when his hippie-dippy American mom, Duchess Lucinda (Barbara Hershey), absentmindedly leaves her infant in a restaurant. Returned to her is not her son but another abandoned baby,
who grows up to be roller-blading capitalist Henry (Rick Moranis). Thomas, meanwhile, has been raised by an East Indian family as Tommy Patel, who believes himself Asian and works for an investment ban...
Released:
1993
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
100 mins