“See No Evil, Hear No Evil” is one of the funniest comedies I’ve ever seen. It takes a great concept and two great comedic actors (Gene Wilder “Young Frankenstein”, Richard Pryor “Superman III”) and makes something spectacular. I didn’t very much care for the duo’s first film – “Silver Streak”. However, if this one is this good, I’m interested in seeing the other pictures they did together.

In “See No Evil, Hear No Evil”, deaf guy Dave (Wilder) and blind man Wally (Pryor) are both present during a murder. One didn’t hear it and the other didn’t see it but now they’re both being chased by the police and sophisticated assassins; friendship is what’s needed.

Wilder and Pryor use virtually every joke you can do about blind people and deaf people and it’s hysterical. The characters are two nice guys and they end up accidentally causing one great catastrophe after another. My favourite gag involves Dave having his mugshot taken by police but he keeps turning to the wrong way (see it and you’ll get why it’s so funny). I also really liked Kevin Spacey (“Se7en”) and Joan Severance as the clever villains, who are never overdone as they’re not too smart and not too bumbling to work.

“See No Evil, Hear No Evil” is a laughter riot; I don’t care what anybody else says. The jokes here are clever, the acting is great and the whole thing just works superbly. It’s like watching Charlie Chaplin at work here because everything flows so smoothly and everything radiates comedic gold. To me, this joins the ranks with films such as “The Truman Show” and “Roxanne” because it’s hilarious and it’s also got the right about of humanity to make it rather touching too. I applaud all involved in making this brilliant movie that is a splendid way to spend one’s time.