Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1994) Mel Brooks   Mel Brooks has made a career out of lampooning different genres, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights continued this trend. The resultant film, however, is a disappointment, being really rather unfunny. In fairness, there are some strengths, notably Cary Elwes as Robin. The irony, however, is that Elwes is so good that one wishes that he had actually been cast to play Robin in a serious adaptation. Unfortunately, the majority of Men in Tights consists of stillborn jokes, sophomoric sex scenes, and scatological humor. The film is also conspicuously reminiscent of the atrocious "When Things Were Rotten," ABC's misguided and short-lived Robin Hood sitcom from the early 1970s, which should be reason enough to avoid it. —Paul Andrew MacLean

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